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Everything Everywhere Daily

Silbo Gomero

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Located on the island of La Gomera in the Spanish Canary Islands is one of the most unusual languages on Earth. For centuries, the people on this island have been able to communicate over vast distances not by shouting, using smoke signals, or drums, but rather by whistling. This system allowed them to communicate just as easily as if they were talking, and it is still being used today. Learn more about Silbo Gomero, the whistling language of the Canary Islands, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors This episode is sponsored by the Tourist Office of Spain. Plan your next trip to Spain at Spain.info. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Ben Long & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Located on the island of Lagomera in the Canary Islands is one of the most unusual languages on Earth.

0:06.0

For centuries, people on this island have been able to communicate over vast distances, not by shouting, using smoke signals or drums but rather by whistling. This system

0:16.8

allowed them to communicate just as easily as if they were talking and it's

0:20.4

still being used today. Learn more about Sybil Gomero,

0:25.0

the whistling language of the Canary Islands,

0:27.0

on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. This episode is sponsored by the Spanish Office of Tourism.

0:45.0

In past episodes, I've told you all about the great things to see and do in Spain.

0:49.5

From tasting some of the best food in the world to experiencing the unique whistling

0:53.4

language on the island of Gomerra, there's tons to see and do in Spain.

0:57.4

2024 marks the 100th anniversary of one of the greatest artists of the 20th

1:02.0

century, the Bas sculptor Eduardo Cheyeda.

1:05.7

And where better to appreciate his art than the Open Air Museum which has many of his sculptures?

1:10.8

Cheyeda Lucu, outside the city of San Sebastian in the Bas country, a site that I had the pleasure

1:16.3

of visiting during one of my trips to the city, which also just so happens to be one of the best

1:21.1

foodie cities in all of Europe.

1:23.0

Spain has everything and that is not an exaggeration.

1:27.0

They have some of humanity's oldest cave paintings, Roman ruins, modern architecture,

1:32.0

some of the world's greatest museums, unique cultures,

1:35.3

and of course, world-class food.

1:37.7

I've been to Spain over a dozen times, and there are still many things I want to see. If you're interested in visiting Spain check out

1:44.8

Spain. info there you'll find everything you need to plan your next trip to Spain as

1:50.0

well as ideas for what to see and experience.

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