Bad Bunny’s Lyrics Will Be Interpreted in Puerto Rican Sign Language

When Bad Bunny takes the stage at the Super Bowl halftime, he will perform primarily in Spanish. The NFL will have the act interpreted into Puerto Rican Sign Language (L.S.P.R.) rather than American Sign Language, a move intended to reflect the language and culture of the performance.

L.S.P.R., the dialect used on the island, is considered endangered. The league has enlisted Celimar Rivera Cosme, a native of Puerto Rico who is hard of hearing and who interpreted for Bad Bunny on his 2022 world tour and his 31-show residency in San Juan last year.

The Super Bowl will be by far her largest platform, and she said she hopes the broadcast will help viewers better understand Puerto Rico, her language and peers with hearing disabilities. "The stakes here are to show that we are friendly people, and also how we dance, our lyrics, our slang," Cosme said through an interpreter.

Puerto Rico, San Juan

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