saloma
Also spelled: salomar · grito
Definition
A sung cry with an open throat and a high break, let out by farmhands at work and by singers in the middle of a típico. It has no words: it is the voice alone announcing presence.
Example
You could hear the saloma from across the river.Se oyó la saloma desde el otro lado del río.
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