The plan is to get the rowing vessel to Tenerife and then to the island of La Gomera.

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They set off from the La Gomera in the Canary Islands on 5 December and aim to reach Barbados in February.

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He is the only one from his family who remained in La Gomera, the rest having left to seek work in Tenerife.

BBC: Silbo gomero: A whistling language revived

The whistled language of La Gomera Island in the Canaries, the Silbo Gomero, replicates the islanders' habitual language (Castilian Spanish) with whistling.

UNESCO: Culture

The five women, who started in La Gomera in the Canary Islands 45 days ago, arrived in Barbados at 05:13 GMT on Saturday.

BBC: News

La Gomera, Spain, is part of the Canary archipelago, situated in a central location surrounded by the Tenerife, La Palma and El Hierro islands.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

Equally at risk is La Gomera which was named a Biosphere Reserve under the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme in July this year.

UNESCO: CULTURE

To prevent it from disappearing like the other whistled languages of the Canary Islands, it is important to do more for its transmission and promote the Silbo Gomero as intangible cultural heritage cherished by the inhabitants of La Gomera and the Canary Islands as a whole.

UNESCO: Culture