After two weeks of competition, the Tokyo Paralympic Games will come to an end on Sunday, September 5th.
The closing ceremony will be marked in particular by the handover between the Japanese capital and the French capital.
To announce the next Games which will take place in three years in Paris, a "Marseillaise" will be interpreted as "chansigne", the translation of a musical work into sign language.
"Betty Moutoumalaya will open the handover ceremony for the Paralympic Games by performing the 'Marseillaise' in chansigne. This art of translating music with the body, facial expressions, emotions, gives access to music to all," announced in a press release from the Paris 2024 organizing committee.
From an e-mail at the reception of # Paris2024 to the interpretation of the Marseillaise at the closing of the Paralympic Games of # Tokyo2020
Betty Moutoumalaya invites you to meet for a sung version of our national anthem 🇫🇷
To be discovered on Sunday 5 September from 11am!
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- Paris 2024 (@ Paris2024) August 31, 2021
Like the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, that of the Paralympics must mark the handover between Tokyo and Paris.
Ten minutes of celebration will therefore be offered by the next host city at the Trocadéro and broadcast as part of the ceremony.
"Singing the 'Marseillaise' during the Paralympic Games handover ceremony is a strong message: France shows the world that societal inclusion and equality are at the heart of its Games. I join in the values ​​of the Paralympic Games: athletes show us through sport that disability does not make a person's identity. I want to carry, through my art, the same message ", described in this press release Betty Moutoumalaya, a sign language trainer who teaches in schools in the Paris region and within companies.
It is following one of his letters sent to the organizing committee to discover this art that this choice was imposed according to its president, Tony Estanguet.
"I was immediately struck by his ability to convey emotions without a word," he explained.
"Inviting him to participate in the ceremony was obvious."
"Nothing is impossible" for DJ Pone
After the interpretation of the "Marseillaise" in chansigne, DJ Pone will close the artistic sequence proposed by Paris 2024 with a new mix.
This artist, one of the co-founders of the famous Marseille group Fonky Family (FF), composed this piece thanks to the movement of his pupils alone.
Affected by Charcot's disease since 2015, this renowned producer only communicates with his eyes.
"The Paris 2024 proposal to participate in the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Paralympic Games allows me to show in my own way that nothing is impossible, as Paralympic athletes do on a daily basis and in each of their sporting performances", he said.
A mix to absolutely listen to 🎶
Sunday, for the ceremony between # Tokyo2020 and # Paris2024, the artist Pone will mix especially for the occasion… with his eyes!
Suffering from Charcot's disease since 2015, he only communicates through the eyes.
Nothing is impossible.
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- Paris 2024 (@ Paris2024) September 2, 2021
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