What is common to the sound of a blowing whistle, a babys cry or a womans scream? They are all high pitched sounds. Similarly, the sound of a bass drum or a car engine or frogs croaking are examples of low pitched sounds. While we know about these independent sounds, did you know that when put together, they can produce music?
Confused? Well, todays experiment has the solution to this confusion.
Today, we are going to make Water Xylophone. This experiment will help us learn how sound waves travel, how different pitches are produced and how to have loads of fun while doing it!
Water Xylophone Supplies:
Procedure:
What will happen is that the glass with the least amount of water will make a high pitched sound, whereas the glass with most water will make a low pitched sound and the glasses in between will make sounds in pitches somewhere between the high and low.
You can experiment by creating tunes of your own with these glasses. You can also play the Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star jingle on your water xylophone. For this, you will have to add another glass to the set-up. So now you have a total of 6 glasses. Now you have to fill a little bit of water in the 5th glass (which was empty so far) and add even less water to the 6th glass. So now in the set-up you have the 6 glasses, 1 being the glass with the most water, 2 being the next, 3 after that, accordingly followed by 4, 5 and 6 being the glass with the least water. Now tap the glasses the following order –
Repeat the first 2 paras to finish the rhyme
And there you have it, a musical instrument created on your own with just glass and water!
The Science Behind the Sounds:
Sound is nothing more than vibrations that travel through a medium. You see, when these glasses are tapped with the wooden stick/spoon, it creates vibrations that travel from the glass to the water, then through the air to our ears. The sound waves travel fastest through solid, then liquid and slowest in gas. The speed of the vibrations determines the pitch of the sound. Faster the rate of the vibrations (also called frequency), higher the pitch. In this case, when the wooden stick/spoon taps the glass container, the glass vibrates and with it, the water inside vibrates too. The empty glass produces the highest pitched sound, as in this case the sound waves travel through only one medium – air and they move quickly through the air into our ears. Meanwhile, in the case of the glass filled with water to the brim, when tapped the glass vibrates, the water inside slows down the vibrations of the glass, which ultimately slows down the speed of the vibrations, hence producing the lowest-pitched sound.
If you wanna know more about the properties of sound, watch this video –
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June 6, 2020
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June 6, 2020
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June 6, 2020
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June 6, 2020
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June 6, 2020
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June 6, 2020
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June 7, 2020
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June 7, 2020
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June 7, 2020
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June 7, 2020
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June 7, 2020
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June 7, 2020
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June 7, 2020
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June 7, 2020
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June 7, 2020
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June 7, 2020
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June 7, 2020
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June 7, 2020
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June 7, 2020
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June 7, 2020
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June 7, 2020
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June 7, 2020
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June 7, 2020
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June 7, 2020
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June 8, 2020
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June 8, 2020
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June 8, 2020
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June 8, 2020
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June 8, 2020
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June 8, 2020
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June 8, 2020
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June 8, 2020
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June 8, 2020
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June 8, 2020
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June 8, 2020
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June 8, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 9, 2020
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June 10, 2020
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June 10, 2020
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June 10, 2020
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June 10, 2020
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June 10, 2020
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June 10, 2020
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June 10, 2020
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June 10, 2020
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June 10, 2020
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Vaishvi Soniya
June 10, 2020
IT WAS GREAT!!!
IT TOOK ME A LOT OF TIME TO MEASURE THE WATER IN EACH GLASSES AND IT ALSO TAUGHT ME MESURMENT.
FINALLY I DID IT
THANK YOU BYJU’S IT WAS VERY INTERESTING AND KEEP SENDING DIY’S…..
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June 10, 2020
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June 10, 2020
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June 10, 2020
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June 10, 2020
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June 10, 2020
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June 10, 2020
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June 10, 2020
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June 11, 2020
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June 11, 2020
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Srishti Kashyap
June 11, 2020
I have already tried it when I was in second or third class. but I then took glasses of different sizes this time I will take same sized glasses.
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June 11, 2020
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June 11, 2020
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June 11, 2020
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June 11, 2020
I tried doing this experiment. And it turned out to be so good! The musi
cal xylophone was amazing!
Looking forward to more such fun experiments from your side 🙂
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June 11, 2020
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June 11, 2020
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June 11, 2020
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June 11, 2020
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June 11, 2020
I will try it ?
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June 11, 2020
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June 11, 2020
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June 11, 2020
I tried it’s very nice
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June 12, 2020
I will definitely try it.
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June 12, 2020
Wow it was amazing. I tried it and also showed to my friends. They all and even I was surprised to hear that
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June 12, 2020
I understood nd will do it myself
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June 12, 2020
Wow
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June 12, 2020
Whoa!!! Fabulous… It works out amazingly
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June 12, 2020
Waw it’s amazing sounds
I am happy to do this experiment
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June 12, 2020
Superb????
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June 13, 2020
?? It is very amazing !!! ??
Gargi Kumawat
June 13, 2020
I tried it. It does sound like the song tune. I enjoyed creating it and performing it in front of my family.
manasaR.M
June 13, 2020
yeah
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June 13, 2020
Superb
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June 13, 2020
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June 13, 2020
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June 13, 2020
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June 13, 2020
Hi,its amazing’……I like it ??
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June 13, 2020
It is very beautiful ???
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June 13, 2020
I have try it, it really works
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June 14, 2020
Very interesting to try
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June 15, 2020
I have tried it many times. I will try it again.
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June 15, 2020
Wow very nice ????
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June 15, 2020
Wow very nice ????????????
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June 16, 2020
I will definitely try this??
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June 16, 2020
Wow it’s amazing
Adhesh
June 17, 2020
I tried it but there is no 6th class then how user can be play
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June 17, 2020
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Dhriti Jhajhria
June 17, 2020
I actually tried this out. It was totally breathtaking ?.
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June 17, 2020
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June 18, 2020
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June 18, 2020
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June 18, 2020
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June 18, 2020
It’s amazing?????????????????????
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June 20, 2020
I do it. this is nice activity…??
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June 20, 2020
Hey , I tried it . Definitely amazing . ?
And I was like MIND. BLOWN.
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June 20, 2020
Wow amazing I’ll definitely try.?
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June 20, 2020
Very interesting, I will try
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June 20, 2020
I will try it ??
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June 20, 2020
I will try it ? ?
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June 20, 2020
I will try it ? ???
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June 21, 2020
I will try it sir it’s so amazing
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June 21, 2020
I will try it is so amazing
Patel Vidisha
June 21, 2020
Tried it. It’s amazing and really magical. Thanks Byjus and team??????
Loved it……
Haarika YM
June 21, 2020
Nice
Kshitija
June 21, 2020
I tried it , it was wonderful
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June 21, 2020
I will definitely try it ..? looks awesome!!!
E. Rahul
June 22, 2020
Its amazing I did it it’s so easy and awesome ? thankyou
Himanshu Kumar Yadav
June 22, 2020
Very nice ????????????????
Pragati
June 22, 2020
This is Avery interesting activity I have also make a tune on xylophones SA re ga ma
That is very interesting
I have done it late sory
Prakriti
June 22, 2020
Thanks for this wonderful summer vacation diy
I try this at home and it was very interesting when I have done it ??
Prakriti
June 22, 2020
Thanks for this wonderful summer diy
I try this at home and it was very interesting when I have done it ??
Ankan Ghosh
June 22, 2020
It is nice
Gayatri
June 23, 2020
Wow amazing
Mahesh
June 23, 2020
Amazing ??????
Mahesh
June 23, 2020
Amazing??????
Joanna Elizabeth
June 24, 2020
Very very amazing I actually tried all my favorite music tunes playing using jaltarang ???
Abhidha
June 24, 2020
It is amazing,I really appreciate it.I will try it also
Shreeya .T
June 25, 2020
It seems interesting and I will try it ?
Vivekananda
June 25, 2020
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Payal Das
June 25, 2020
It’s very interesting I have tried ??
Harini kidambi
June 25, 2020
This instrument is called Jalatarangi . Thanks to byju’s for telling me how to do it.
Agamjeet Singh
June 26, 2020
Awesome I will definitely try it ????????
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June 27, 2020
I will definitely try it.
MOHD HAMAAZ
June 27, 2020
Amazing I will try it ??
Sai Krishna
June 29, 2020
This was the first video I saw and got interest in physics
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Mudit
June 30, 2020
I will also try to make it
Mukilan SB
June 30, 2020
I am doing water xylophone.
Lakshita
June 30, 2020
Wow amazing
Parnali Paul
July 2, 2020
Hey!It is interesting…… I loved it. ???????????????????
Tejas Sharma
July 2, 2020
I tried osm experiment????? and after doing that I watched the video and that’s all learnt a new topic easily????
Jayashree patra
July 6, 2020
Very cool ?
Adrija Bose
July 7, 2020
Wow! That’s amazing. Who knew what glasses of water with different levels of water can do? It’s very interesting. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work!????
Bhakti
July 14, 2020
Hey!!! it’s truly amazing one……
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Saatvi
July 14, 2020
I think it will be fun I will surely try it out!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????
Sanika Kendre
July 15, 2020
Wow awesome explanation????
I got recap of last year’s SOUND CHAPTER???
Arna Somya
July 16, 2020
Superb!!!!! I tried it.
My own xylophone
Raj Nandini
July 17, 2020
It’s quite interesting..??
Nanaki
August 1, 2020
Absolutely Interesting ! It just makes the sound of a
xylophone
Nanaki
August 1, 2020
Absolutely Interesting ! It just makes the sound of a
xylophone and I have mastered in playing the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Hardik sharma
August 2, 2020
@Vishnu Kant Jha. I am in guru harkrishan public school Delhi 110094
Saatvi
August 4, 2020
Wow it is awesome and it looks very fun I will definitely try it out ???.
Garv agarwal
August 8, 2020
I try this
Yadu
August 11, 2020
Wow that was great I will try now only ????????
Shreya ghosh
August 18, 2020
Nice it’s to good
Anushka
August 25, 2020
Just wonderful.
Parnika Panwar
September 1, 2020
Wow I have tried it ,it was amazing?
Shravani sunil thale
September 29, 2020
I had done this experiment and it works
I played twinkle twinkle song too on it as per the image
Dhanush
December 1, 2020
Hai
TANVI SHAH
December 17, 2020
I like this musical instruments
PEARL ABIGAIL
January 3, 2021
It was really really awesome
Vedanta johre
May 15, 2021
It’s amazing