Yucatec Maya Deaf Sign

In 1976 Hubert Smith set out with a group of researchers to visually document Yucatec Maya society within the village of Chican This project resulted in the 4part series The Living Maya During filming however it was impossible to ignore the use of sign language in the village Smith and his team saw a lot of the deaf residents filmed them often and went back to have these sign exchanges translated Now it is time to share a story solely about them