Podcast: The Village Where Every Person’s Name Is a Song

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this installment of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we bring you a classic episode: a visit to Kongthong, India, where every person’s name is a unique song, composed by their mothers within a week of birth as part of a centuries-old tradition. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear…

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