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Dirge.wav

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AlexR

January 23rd, 2006

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Soundscapes > Urban
中正區, Taipei, Taiwan

Camera recording of what sounds like a dirge at the Chiang Kai Shek memorial.

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dirge
taipei
taiwan

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

1:14.890

File size

1.1 MB

Sample rate

8000.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Mono

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AlexR

16 years, 5 months ago

Thanks, tangjen. If I recall, there was a long group of people walking somberly, slowly among the trees. It didn't seem the time to disturb anyone with questions.

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tangjen

16 years, 5 months ago

This is not a dirge, but a chanting of Amita Buddha's (a future Buddha) name in Mandarin Chinese, "a-mi-tuo-fo"...

GaryBard

16 years, 11 months ago

Nice. I live in Taipei. That's the chanting of a Buddhist sutra over loudspeakers. Perhaps a funeral or a temple holy day.

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AlexR

18 years, 4 months ago

Yes.

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moonman9j9

18 years, 4 months ago

One of the creepiest things I have ever heard...why does the music fade out? Were you walking away from the source?

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