45K views · 231 reactions | “Come over here, we’re going to slaughter the pig.” On La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands of Spain, the locals have a unique whistling language known as “Silbo Gomero,” which is taught in the school curriculum. https://nyti.ms/2M4msu3 | The New York Times | Facebook

😗🎶 Turn the volume up! Silbo Gomero – it’s a centuries-old whistled language that can be used to communicate for several kilometres. Inhabitants of La Gomera in the Canary Islands are proud of their intangible cultural heritage. Children even learn the whistling technique at school: | DW Euromaxx

El silbo gomero, el sonido de La Gomera 💚 ✨ Un legado ancestral de la cultura pastoril, transmitido de generación en generación durante cientos de años y que, en 2009, la UNESCO lo declaró Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial de la Humanidad. | La Gomera, Islas Canarias

Over generations, the inhabitants of La Gomera in the Canary Islands have been communicating with each other in a very unique manner. They use a mode of whistling known as ‘Silbo’ to convey messages across the deep and vast valleys of the island. Whistling, which allows speakers to communicate over long distances, was found to be more effective than shouting. It was also faster when navigating the rocky terrains of the African coast. How did this language come into existence? | The Hindu