Sign-singing flash mob celebrates NZSL

A sign-singing version of Bay of Plenty musician Tiki Taane’s song ‘No Place Like Home’ is featuring in a series of television commercials this week to mark New Zealand Sign Language Week. Photo: Nikki South.

A series of commercials featuring a sign-singing version of Bay of Plenty musician Tiki Taane's song ‘No Place Like Home' is featuring on television and online this week to mark New Zealand Sign Language Week.

New Zealand Sign Language is the language of New Zealand's Deaf community and an official language of New Zealand.

This year NZSL Week runs from May 7-13 and includes a series of commercials made from flash mob events held in Wellington, Mount Maunganui and Christchurch in March. Participants in Mount Maunganui joined Tiki in person to sign-sing his latest song.

Sign-singing or karaoke signing has become a popular way for deaf people to express feeling and feel the music through their bodies without hearing it.

Free taster classes in NZSL are being held throughout the country this week. In Tauranga there is a class today at the Historic Village school house and a NZSL quiz night on Friday.

To see the commercials or learn to sign-sing Tiki's song visit: http://deaf.org.nz/nzslw/

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1 comment

Tiki

Posted on 08-05-2018 12:25 | By overit

Just gotta love you.


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