🍲 Lifestyle: culture & food · La Gomera · 30.09, 00:59
Silbo gomero is a whistled form of Spanish from La Gomera
On the neighbouring island of La Gomera, speech can be transmitted by whistling over long distances. UNESCO inscribed silbo on the list of intangible heritage in 2009.
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Silbo gomero is a whistled variant of the Spanish language. Residents of La Gomera used it to communicate across deep ravines.
Since July 1999, silbo has been a compulsory subject in primary and secondary schools on the island.
In 2009, UNESCO recognised silbo gomero as a masterpiece of oral and intangible heritage of humanity.
Note: Ferries to La Gomera depart from the port of Los Cristianos in southern Tenerife.
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ON THE ESP DISPLAYSilbo gomero: gwizdany hiszpanski z La Gomery. Na liscie UNESCO od 2009, uczony w szkolach od 1999.