People sit at bar terraces on a hot summer night, avoid to the heatwave hitting Spain, in Algar, August 12, 2021. Picture taken August 12, 2021. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
ALGAR, Spain (Reuters) - The town of Algar in southern Spain is seeking UNESCO world heritage status to protect and enliven its treasured custom of outdoor neighbourly get-togethers on sweltering summer nights, which it believes Internet-based social networks threaten.
As sunset nears and cooler air from the mountains and a natural park nearby ease the day's heat, villagers start bringing out chairs and tables to sit outside their homes and shoot the breeze, play cards or just chill out.
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