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Podcast: Cities and Memory
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Shahr-e-Gholghola
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:10:01
Publish Date: 2025-11-28 10:54:33
Description:
Soundscape at Shahr-e-Gholghola - Dari: شهر غلغله - City of Screams, City of Woe, City of Sorrows - in Bamyan, Afghanistan. Completely destroyed and population massacred by Genghis Khan in 1221. In the recording you can hear the wind, the dust, the sorrow, possibly some screams.

This soundscape-composition is part of the HEYR project, presenting 3-dimensional soundscapes from special locations, connected to special events. Find out more by visiting https://www.heyr.no

Recorded by Anders Vinjar.
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