Billboard looked into the trend, predicting that dance music enthusiasts will be hearing much more of the bus horn tunes. The DJ Marshmello tweeted a picture of an "om telolet om" T-shirt design ...

Om Telolet Om. That three-word phrase is currently ... northern coast of Indonesia managed to turn an onomatopoeia of a bus horn into a meme, a music sample, and a greeting of joy.

“Telolet” is the onomatopoeia of the customized horns found in many Indonesian buses. “Om Telolet Om” is what kids yell at bus drivers to get them to honk those arpeggiated horns. Explore ...

A Bus Horn Goes Viral Around the World JAKARTA, Indonesia — This past Tuesday, many of the world's top DJs and electronic dance music (EDM) artists tweeted out "Om Telolet Om" – a seemingly ...

Telolet' is a word representing the sound of the buses' horns, while 'om' is a term for an older male, like 'uncle' or 'sir' in English. So 'Om Telolet Om' roughly translates as 'Sir honk your ...

at passing inter-province buses. The phrase om telolet om literally means “Sir, honk your horn, sir”, and when bus drivers honk to produce the telolet sound the children cheer in glee.

Still with us? Good. So ‘Telolet’ represents the sound of a musical bus horn in Indonesia, which has become something of a catchphrase among children in the country since November – kids ...

By Kat Bein What in the world does it mean with these DJs tweet “Om Telolet Om?” It’s an Indonesian phrase kids in that country shout at bus drivers, because Indonesian buses have a crazy ...

DJs have been tweeting "Om Telolet Om" over the past few days as ... and generally doesn't make much sense outside the context of honking buses in Indonesia. The BBC reported Tuesday that the ...

But then there were some people who stopped the passing buses to take selfies in front of them. This is what actually caused the police to ban the fun,” he added. (Read also: 'Om Telolet Om ...

Interestingly, the children's dance was set to a tune that is well-known in Indonesiaâ a customised horn often used by local buses and sometimes trucks. The phrase, "Om, telolet, om," which ...