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On 22 September, the research team for the 'Music on the move' initiative visited the town of Banepa, some 30 kilometres away from Kathmandu, to meet Ram Manandhar at his woodwork shop. In addition to making furniture, which is his main form of livelihood, Manandhar is also a skilled sarangi maker. A large percentage of the sarangis in circulation within the Kathmandu Valley are his creations. The video captures Manandhar swiftly carving out a sarangi from a single block of wood. This is part of a research initiative of the Hri Institute (www.hrisouthasian.org) (Video by Lochan Rijal)