“I congratulate Rezza and all the entrants who posted such engaging responses to Show Your Sign,” said Valerie Julliand, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Indonesia. It was co-devised by the UN in Indonesia and the International Labour Organization (ILO), in partnership with the Indonesian Association for the Welfare of the Deaf (Gerkatin), and the affiliated Sign Language Center in Indonesia (Pusbisindo.) Opening in early November, the Show Your Sign contest asked Indonesian social media users to create original choreography for one of ten pre-selected songs using sign language. The music was so upbeat, and I could feel the bass.” “I practiced a lot in front of the mirror, and my wife helped as well,” Rezza said at an online awards ceremony on Dec 9, explaining that he chose to devise choreography to Justin Bieber’s 2020 hit Intentions because “that song gave me goosebumps. Rezza Zimah, an actor from Jakarta who has a hearing impairment, has won the UN in Indonesia’s inaugural Show Your Sign competition, a sign language dance choreography contest the UN and partner organizations launched in the run-up to the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3.

Won in sign language