Ram Prasad Kudel doesn't fancy himself much of a musician, but he does play one instrument

every day.

That sound is a shanka.

It's a horn made from a conch shell, and it's often played in the morning or in the evening

as a way of giving thanks.

So the shanka is the only instrument that Kudel plays, but he spent the last 30 years

buying and collecting hundreds of others.

Amdolentheras and this is Atlas Obscura, a celebration of the world's strange, incredible

and wondrous places.

And today we're going to the music museum of Nepal.

Come to more than 600 different kinds of folk instruments, each personally sourced by

Kudel from all over Nepal.

But the museum and Kudel's life's work face an uncertain future.

That's after this.

Groups of students often passed through the music museum of Nepal, which is tucked away

in a temple complex in Kathmandu.

And one day, a boy took a particular interest in a Sarongi, this string instrument that's

held in the player's lap and played with a bow.

And as he was playing around with it and showing off, something went wrong.

One of the strings broke.

And he's a cry.

He's afraid and he's a cry.

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