Saturday, November 20, 2010

Let's Hear it for the Unusual!

Here is a video of the whistling language of La Gomera.



Apparently, this deeply, deeply irritating language is being preserved by UNESCO. I say irritating well aware of this conundrum:

I love whistling personally. I think that most people are quite happy to whistle themselves. And I think we all sort of pity those who can't.

That said, there's something about someone...ANYONE...else whistling that I and most people (based on a very small unscientific poll), find to just be beyond irritating.

Anyways, I came to this video via this page over at Foreign Policy. Good reading. It's a break down of strange traditions being protected by UNESCO.

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