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Sign language menu and floor vibrating to music at Colombia's first deaf cafe

It is located in the trendy Chapinero neighbourhood of the Colombian capital.

By :  arka sengupta
Update: 2017-08-09 07:06 GMT
The No Words cafe has large screens playing music videos with the lyrics in sign language, and a dance floor that pulses with music to dancers who cannot hear it (Photo: AFP)
The bar opened on June 16, and with its exhibitions, story-telling and other cultural performances by hearing-impaired artists (Photo: AFP)
Some \"odious\" guests occasionally take advantage of the waiters' deafness to slip out without paying or to smash glasses (Photo: AFP)
Some new clients are surprised at first, but they end up getting the hang of sign language (Photo: AFP)
All six waiters at the bar are deaf too, and even though many of the clients do not know sign language, they manage to convey their orders with gestures (Photo: AFP)
People with normal hearing also frequent the bar, which is as noisy as any other in the capital (Photo: AFP)
Colombia has more than 455,000 deaf or hard of hearing people, according to the last census carried out in 2005 (Photo: AFP)
It is located in the trendy Chapinero neighbourhood of the Colombian capital.

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