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Gyumri bells

Shahumyan St, Gyumri, Armenia

A 6-minute field recording by Vincent Duseigne made in Gyumri, Armenia on 9 September 2018, in the morning. Soundscape: church bells and prayer, chant & ritual.

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Gyumri bells
6:00CC BY 3.0by Vincent DuseigneInternet Archive
6:00
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Recordist's notes

During the beginning of the Liturgy of Preparation, bells are ringing. The Deacon rings it by chiming, using ropes. Here in Gyumri, it's an extremely bad chiming. We can understand it by the fact the beautiful old bells were destroyed during the 1988 earthquake.

Written by Vincent Duseigne on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Gyumri is a city of about 114,667 people in Shirak, Armenia. OttoAnna lists 13 field recordings from here.

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