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"BULU BULU" (FEATHERS)

DURING WORLD WAR TWO, JAPANESE AND AMERICAN PLANES WOULD
FLY OVER AND DROP PAMPHLETS OF NEWS, INFORMATION, AND
PROPAGANDA. SEEING THIS, THE CHILDREN WOULD TAKE SEVERAL
STRIPS OF PAPER AND WRITE MESSAGES ON THEM. ONE MIGHT
SAY SOMETHING DUMB, BUT ANOTHER MIGHT GIVE YOU A PRIZE.
THESE MESSAGES WERE WRAPPED AROUND A ROCK OR A STONE
AND THROWN IN THE AIR. THE PAPERS WOULD SHOOT OFF
INTO THE AIR AND THE CHILDREN WOULD RUN AND TRY TO
CATCH AS MANY AS POSSIBLE.

Submitter comment: THIS HAPPENED IN INDONESIA

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dramatic
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement

Date learned: 04-00-1979 ; 00001930-1950

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