hallatára
Hallatára is a fictional term used in worldbuilding and speculative fiction to describe a communal sonic phenomenon that arises during gatherings and ceremonies. It denotes the characteristic soundscape—voices, footsteps, music, ambient echoes, and the pacing of dialogue—that participants perceive as a coherent whole and that can influence attention, emotion, and social interaction.
In practice, hallatára encompasses architectural and environmental acoustics (materials, geometry, sound reflection), performative practices (chanting, call-and-response
Etymology and usage: Hallatára is a constructed word without a single canonical language. Writers justify it
In scholarship and criticism within the fictional universe, hallatára is studied as an interdisciplinary phenomenon, drawing
See also: acoustics; soundscape; ritual studies; worldbuilding.