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Here's the real world of the deaf ... Some amazing testimonies!

In recent blog post I wanted to "throw a stone" in favor of this particular world of the deaf world ... there seems to be limited, other than when in realtà non lo è...
In questo mio intervento,quindi,vorrei riportarvi alcune notizie concrete, testimonianze che mi hanno molto colpito: a sostenere che anche persone non udenti possono ballare,suonare, cantare e fare TUTTO come le persone "normali".

Questi sono alcuni pezzi di un articolo pubblicato sul quotidiano Repubblica intitolato " Felicità è sentir musica con le mani ,a Agrigento il primo rave per sordi " che mi hanno sorpreso maggiormente:

"...Non è vero che per capire la musica bisogna per forza avere buon orecchio. Quando l'udito non funziona e il mondo fuori è muto, basta [...] Lasciarsi attraversare dalle vibrazioni delle frequencies, move them from the hands to the body and up in the head. Interpret. And move to ritmo.Non be impossible to do if, tonight, we want to try at least a thousand young deaf [...] we are all gathered in Sicily, in the village of San Leone, Agrigento, where the stroke of midnight you will get the first real, big rave party ever held in Italy for deaf people. A celebration of summer, outdoors, with equipment giant to shoot really high, that music. All upon them, the people of the Deaf, and through them into the sea, behind the square, because it absorbs the waves of waste, such as in the walls of a nightclub [...] And so the deaf dance, moving the rhythm of the vibrations ... "

Andrea a young deaf boy who organized this rave said later in that he distributed to each participant as a balloon" ... Keeping them in our hands, we deaf children we feel the vibrations of sound waves. This will be our way of listening to music, and dancing all night. "

Andrea also emphasizes the presence in the London DJ Troi, 34, the" father of the disk for the Deaf in his first Italian experience (even him deaf: deaf DJ. Deaf in English means deaf) "I've contacted through its website - Andrea continues - we met virtually, webcam, speaking the language signs. And he has accepted the proposal to come here, to Agrigento, and play for the Italian boys. "

This rave is anticipated by football and volleyball tournaments, exhibitions of three deaf dancers and a group that sings the laugh! with the signs, other artists will read poems in the language.

The novelty, in fact, is the open-air disco, but especially this day without communication barriers will mean integration: in fact participate in both deaf hearing people, all together, challenging each other in sports and dancing the same music.

The deaf children want to go out of their isolation, they love to dance, feel the rhythm, and they want to communicate and know each other. The then music is universal: you connect to the outside world, you hear us or not.

I propose a further testimony of a deaf boy who still has a wonderful relationship with the music deaf Mark Vuoriheimo The rapper, aka "Signmark"

... hat on his head, baggy pants and shooting, chains and hard-nosed. The aesthetic is all hip hop. And if the rapper "normal" gesturing, he more. Because every word is a gesture with his fingers and makes us songs. Even for those who can not hear the music. It's called Signmark, dress b-boy raps and with his hands. Sordo, but the music has it inside. Notes and deafness. Two separate planets. This was at least used to think, in ignorance of a world, the deaf, often treated with indifference. For some it will be surprising to discover that there are clubs for the deaf in which they dance to the rhythm of vibrations and psychedelic lights. And talk is not to raise your voice, but gesture. And then there's Mark Vuoriheimo, aka Signmarck. Finnish, 29, and his team leads around the world (he did a tour in Japan, Spain, England. Was also in Genoa last June for the festival of poetry) on the show, really opened at all, because his fellow stage and music and Heikki Brandon (hearing) sound at full volume while he "sings" his lyrics in sign language. They have a website and are working on their second album, as the first self-produced, funded in part by the Finnish Association of the Deaf, in dvd video, which has sold several thousand copies.

Panorama.it has interviewed

- As a "feel" the music? with the body. You can do it too. Go to a night club with earplugs ...

- From what comes your stage name? Well, just looking for something that would combine my language and me: my name is Marko and I speak with the "Sign language"

- When you decided you wanted to be a "singer"? I was 14 and although may seem strange I loved the music, dance, songs. At that time, however, in the school for the deaf do not teach anything about music. I translate the songs of Bon Jovi or Coolio. My friends were amused, but others, including some teachers, came to me and said "forget it, you're blind!" Then I decided that I would one day concert. And here I am!

- Are you a other than making music? Yes, I work as a lecturer at the University Humak sign language. But I have less time for the concerts.

- Why do hip hop? Do you think it's the best kind for sign language? I like the hip hop beats and strong bass. I also like the ability in building the rhymes of rapper. When I saw the first hip hop video, the way they move their hands, I said "this is my style!"

- Who writes the lyrics and the music of your songs? I write the lyrics together with Heikki and Brandon are my "voice." Kim and Heikki are the base, then I choose. [...]

- think that the language of the deaf should be taught at all? least a basic level, yes, and then they can always be useful to talk when there is noise, if you have a friend or a deaf child.

- Do you believe that your work and your commitment may be an example for deaf people? I think so, but especially for the non-deaf! must make them understand that we are all human and we can do the same things . Nothing should stop you . Deaf people have simply another language, a silent language. Do not listen, but we can "feel" better than people twice "normal . The deaf community is a bit 'one big family, worldwide. If you read something you'll find a lot of amazing things.

After these life experiences can not add anything to express my opinion ... a lot already ... What do you think?