World Heritage connection: Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape

Whistled language of the island of La Gomera (Canary Islands), the Silbo Gomero

Le langage sifflé de l’île de la Gomera (îles Canaries), le Silbo Gomero

The whistled language of La Gomera Island in the Canaries, the Silbo Gomero, replicates the islanders’ habitual language (Castilian Spanish) with whistling. Handed down over centuries from master to pupil, it is the only whistled language in the world that is fully developed and practised by a large community (more than 22,000...