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Visual Voices: 11 Photos of Sign Language Around the Globe
People communicate in a rich and expressive visual language.
Ana Ortega Juárez, a drama graduate, activist and Mexican Sign Language interpreter, performs a song as a tribute to Juan Monedita in the historic area of Los Fuertes in Puebla, Mexico.
Patricia Zavala Gutiérrez,
GPJ
Mexico
Enkhtaivan Damdinsuren, left, and Khishigmaa Batmunkh communicate using sign language, their native language, at a coffee shop in Murun, Khuvsgul province, Mongolia.
Dolgormaa Sandagdorj,
GPJ
Mongolia
Santosh K.C., who is hard of hearing, communicates on a video call in Kathmandu, Bagmati province, Nepal.
Sunita Neupane,
GPJ
Nepal
Ángel Joziel Román Cuellar, left, who advocates for the rights of people with disabilities, leads a workshop on Mexican Sign Language at the third Feria de la Salud Alternativa, an alternative health fair, at Parque Encuentro in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.
Adriana Alcázar González,
GPJ
Mexico
Roselande Honoré, a nursing student, takes a practical sign language test at Université Notre Dame d'Haïti in Port-de-Paix, Haiti.
Jusly Felix,
GPJ
Haiti
Devi Prasad Niraula, right, who travels to sell incense, shares business challenges with Mina B.K., far left, and Parbata Shrestha, center, a sign language interpreter, at a tailoring workshop in Damak, Jhapa district, Nepal.
Mayamitu Neupane,
GPJ
Nepal
Claudio Leonardo Bitti, a sign language teacher and the president of the Asociación de Sordomudos de Ayuda Mutua, leads a class at the Escuela de Lengua de Señas Argentina José Antonio Terry in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The school trains interpreters of Argentine Sign Language, which was declared a natural and native language and an intangible heritage of the country's deaf people in April 2023.
Lucila Pellettieri,
GPJ
Argentina
Utapanna Raj Bajcharya, left, communicates with Moksa Chandra Baral at The Bakery Cafe in Kathmandu, Nepal. Employees receive food orders in sign language and written language.
Yam Kumari Kandel,
GPJ
Nepal
Carlos Humberto Muñiz Ortiz interprets Mexican Sign Language at the Agustín Melgar Municipal Youth Award in Chihuahua, Mexico.
Lilette A. Contreras,
GPJ
Mexico
Narantuya Oyunbileg, a family education teacher at the Center for Lifelong Education in Umnugovi province, interprets sign language for citizens with hearing impairment in Dalanzadgad, Mongolia.
Uranchimeg Tsogkhuu,
GPJ
Mongolia
Sylvia Mukeshimana, right, who is hearing impaired, has a conversation with her colleagues Edrine Wafula, center, and Jordan Ssekamate at Endiro Coffee, a cafe where customers can order in sign language, in Kampala, Uganda.
Beatrice Lamwaka,
GPJ
Uganda
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