BikeMike  August 5, 2008

Fieldrecording: Praying Wheel in Kathmandu

BikeMike - Praying Wheel in Kathmandu

Soundsource: Praying Wheel near Swoyambhu Stupa in Amideva Buddha park in Kathmandu, Nepal. In the beginning the prayer wheel sounds like a motor-bike. With the carhorns in the background it seams like a urban soundtrack of machines, but then the prayers wheel out of a cooking oil can brings in its very special note of sound. Magic!

Recorded by Soundman OKM and Zoom H2 August 5th 2008 in Kathamandu, Nepal.

Image: Love Park: A religious object to "pray" for everlasting sexual potential at the Swoyambhu Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Recording & pic by Wolfgang Dorninger

The recording is part of the Sacred Spaces Collection by Cities and Memory.