Yodeling is practiced in all impassable or mountainous regions of the world. Why? Because it communicates, attracts livestock, or expresses happiness. There is hardly a better way to communicate your emotions than with a powerful "Juchezer". You can learn how to yodel in courses and hikes.
A yodel in the Alps
People are said to have yodelled as early as the Stone Age, probably even here in the Chiemgau-Area. To this day it is part of the alpine culture. In the age before radio, telephone or mobile means of communication, the herdsmen communicated from alp to alp by yodelling. Experts distinguish between the "sung yodel" (chest voice) and the "beaten yodel" (change between chest and falsetto voice). Incidentally, yodeling is most fun in a group... and beautiful, polyphonic yodels give you goosebumps.
