Kindergarteners performed a sign language dance created by the Tokyo metropolitan government in hopes of deepening their understanding of sign language during the Deaflympics, an international sporting event for hearing-impaired people to be held in Tokyo next year.
The children at Sendaya Nakayoshien in Shibuya Ward are dancing ``Shuwashuwa☆Deaflympics!,'' a dance that incorporates sign language movements.
The Tokyo metropolitan government created this event in hopes of deepening understanding of sign language in conjunction with the Deaflympics, an international sporting event for hearing-impaired people to be held in Tokyo next year.
The approximately one-and-a-half minute dance incorporates sign language movements such as ``Hello'' by folding the index fingers of both hands facing each other, and ``Do your best'' by lowering your fists twice.
One kindergartener who danced said, ``The dance wasn't difficult. I was able to understand the sign language for ``thank you''.''
According to the Tokyo metropolitan government, there are approximately 4,000 sign language interpreters nationwide, but the number is insufficient, so the metropolitan government posted this dance on the city's official YouTube channel in an effort to promote understanding of sign language and encourage interpreters. We hope to secure this.