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This track was recorded at the base of the Swayambhunath Stupa in June 2015, two months after the April 2015 earthquake that killed more than 9,000 and razed entire villages, houses, and historic sites in Nepal. Although several of the temples and buildings directly surrounding Swayambhunath were damaged, the main stupa remained standing and the religious life of this sacred site continued as before, with Nepalis and Tibetans circumambulating clockwise at its base, with mani wheels spinning and feet shuffling to the tempo of Om Mani Padme Hum. Swayambhunath sits atop a hill in the northwestern corner of the Kathmandu Valley and is one of its key religious landmarks.

Lightly edited, with two internal cuts, and no layering, the piece was recorded with a Sound Devices 702 and Sanken CSS-5.

Stephanie Spray is a nonfiction filmmaker, phonographer, and anthropologist working in the Sensory Ethnography Lab at Harvard University whose primary geographic focus is Nepal. Her nonfiction films have won numerous international awards and have been exhibited in museums and film festivals around the world.

www.stephaniespray.com

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