Kusköy, Turkey - the whistling village | European Journal

[NAPOLIFANSLONDON]

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[paolaclark]

That's amazing. There is a similar whistling language in island La Gomera, one of the seven Canary Islands, Spain. Nowadays I think they're teaching this language to the La Gomera kids at school. It's really important to preserve this ways of communication as a treasure of the human culture and evolution.

[frostyh81]

so amazing, it's hard to believe!! Wish I could learn haha

[Telepian]

The 1 dislike is from a guy that can't whistle.

[Telepian]

@Telepian and went to that town.

[ukilic86]

There is a 1 dislike. I think that he clicked dislike because he didn't know the language.

[lovelyhera1314]

But are the children speaking the language? All the whistlers seem to be adults, and aging adults at that - the language will be gone in a generation if the kids aren't learning.

[aporia82]

@lovelyhera1314 well I'm not from the Black Sea region of Turkey (I'm from Istanbul), but as far as I know, thanks to modernity and globalisation, this tradition is dying and will be gone soon. the kids are using the sms and the msn :) many local cultures are disapperaing and it's pretty sad to witness that.

[pianoman47]

this reminds me of my dad. When I was small, if we were in a crowded place like a mall, he would whistle in a very distinctive way if one of us got separated from the group. Nothing like this, though!

[WalkWithMeInHelll]

this is weird

[fersizhayal]

Kuskoy is located in Giresun, one of the cities in the blacksea region of Turkey. I am from another village very close to Kuskoy. I am happy to see familiar faces in this short documentary. thanks. ::)

[apostel13]

this can't be true, is it?

[aporia82]

@apostel13 it's 100% true. I heard that some spanish mountain villagers also had a similar speech.

[JuniorFanCirca1989]

1 person can't whistle

[houndoom1234]

It be funny if a birds whistle was misinterpreted as an insult during a convorsation

[boots2288]

this whistling is only convenient if you live in a place where there isn't much going on and its not too populated. still really cool though!

[oriel1000]

this works because there's only 12 people living in the village. Try doing that in London.

[bungholioproductions]

OD bird people blowing my damn mind!!!

[33Jolee]

hey i found this s=through stumble too! love it!

[MasacruRo]

a damn village with 500 poeple , that's aweseome :D i bet u get to know everyone :D

[ganzdunascimento]

2:50 the girl in white is hot

[ZTripin]

Whats whistling language for fuck off you cunt

[TurkiyeCumhurbaskani]

wow this was interesting

[SumireIsrafel]

amazing! seriously amazing

[doodooheaddum]

fake

[bbqprozac]

@doodooheaddum you're an idiot..

[Nitrozzy7]

There's a village in Greece where people communicate this way too.

It's a very old tradition. Google it.

[aporia82]

@Nitrozzy7 may be they are the immigrants of pontos?

[fireworld05]

And most people only speak English. sigh.

[cratlagh]

@sensiselecta I assume you are referring to Mandarin as opposed to, Wu, Cantonese, or Min?

[sensiselecta]

@cratlagh OK, You got me :) Just know that english is not the most spoken language in the world!

[fireworld05]

@sensiselecta and I'm sure you know China has more English speaking people then America.

[Tecfan]

Thank you, stumble

[CrystalHunter1989]

Amazing!

[avlasam]

unbelievable!