Parties In The Moo Ban

[Robby nz]

I dont live in the sticks but in a moo baan about 35km from BKK and today we have a party (someone being ordained as a monk) about 100m up the soi from our house We have endured 4 since we have been here and all are similar, a large tent is erected across the whole soi blocking all traffic and a rented sound system with huge speakers gets turned on early with the volome on max this goes till usually late at night.

The noise at out place today has been terrible, the TV volume cant compete, any closer to the source it must be almost impossible to hear music only a scream of sound and conversation would be out of the question.

Anyone experienced this and why does the volume have to be so high?

Edited March 21, 2009 by Reimar
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[mahtin]

I dont live in the sticks but in a moo baan about 35km from BKK and today we have a party (someone being ordained as a monk) about 100m up the soi from our house We have endured 4 since we have been here and all are similar, a large tent is erected across the whole soi blocking all traffic and a rented sound system with huge speakers gets turned on early with the volome on max this goes till usually late at night.

The noise at out place today has been terrible, the TV volume cant compete, any closer to the source it must be almost impossible to hear music only a scream of sound and conversation would be out of the question.

Anyone experienced this and why does the volume have to be so high?

Drives evil spirits away of course

[jackr]

Get in a quality moobaan ;

Saying that, even then you could end up with a low quality prick living next to you like my c*nt of a neighbour (farang).

[SoiGirlHunter]

brawls, knifings,shootings should be starting soon

[webfact]

brawls, knifings,shootings should be starting soon

Its a custom of the country and its called "Sanuk"....

[harrry]

Think yourself lucky. They use good speakers and amplifiers now not the overdriven speakers they used to use 30 years ago.

[MeetJohnDoe]

it's called Thai "culture" and get used to it...it will never change.

[robblok]

I dont live in the sticks but in a moo baan about 35km from BKK and today we have a party (someone being ordained as a monk) about 100m up the soi from our house We have endured 4 since we have been here and all are similar, a large tent is erected across the whole soi blocking all traffic and a rented sound system with huge speakers gets turned on early with the volome on max this goes till usually late at night.

The noise at out place today has been terrible, the TV volume cant compete, any closer to the source it must be almost impossible to hear music only a scream of sound and conversation would be out of the question.

Anyone experienced this and why does the volume have to be so high?

I have but the music is not too loud. I am 20 km from BKK. It happens but it is never a problem and here they make sure ppl can get through the soi. The sound can be a bit annoying but live and let live.

[Tywais]

It happens only once a year for me. The Maw Doo (palm reader) lives three houses away and has it every year just after Sawng Krang. I just arrange to go into town and stay at a hotel when I see them setting up the night before.

[Robby nz]

Well MahtinI can tell you it aint working because there are some wandering around the sio outside our place who appear to be firmly under the influence of evil spirits extracted from a bottle.

Then there is the most evil spirit of all that insidious Japanese invention the karaoke machine that is very much in evidence with a female who definitely can’t sing squawking into it at this very moment.

They tell me the ordination ceremony at the Wat will start at 6am tomorrow so it looks like an early wake up call.

Only good thing is it is stopping the dogs from barking.

[bankha]

Hello,

I understand where your coming from. I live in Ratchaburi near Burmha out in the sticks and it gets even worse out here. They erect platforms for dancers and singers so this means they need a very large speaker system to go with it. And at 6 am you dont want to be hearing them speakers kick in and always they have the bass turned up to the max, so it shakes everything.

Also you could do what i have done buy a 2k system and blare out farang music at 6am when they have not got a party on.

[mrt273nva]

go have a drink with them. if all else fails, join them.

[Scott]

We have a similar thing in my moo bahn, but there is a park area and it's a ways from where I live, I can hear it, but it's not really overwhelming. The ones I hate is when the neighbors have a house blessing. The only redeeming thing about those is they start fairly early in the morning and the noise doesn't go too late at night. The guys usually settle in for a night of drinking, but they do that quietly.

Thai's love to make a lot of noise for some reason and the more people around, the louder the noise is. I think they do it because they can. It really isn't enjoyable to have your ears hurting.

[JetsetBkk]

...Anyone experienced this and why does the volume have to be so high?

1. There is no Thai phrase for "noise pollution".

2. Nobody has the balls to tell them to turn it down.

[sassienie]

Back in London we lived in a 2 bedroom terrace house, complete with wall to wall neighbours.

The walls were so thin; we could even hear the neighbours peeing.

Suffered years of that and promised myself that when I come to live in Thailand this will all change.

So now in Chiang Mai, I purchased a large piece of land, built the house on that land with a 2 metre brick wall around the land borders with plenty of space between my property and the neighbours. If there is any noise created by people, at least it’s not right on my doorstep.

I wouldn’t live on a housing estate if someone gave me the house for free. The problem with having people living near by is having to put up with their dogs, noise, mess, vehicle engine noise if they arrive home late and all the rest of their crap.

So for those who wish for the quite life, should never live in a moo baan and than complain that they can hear their neighbours.

The answer is to do as I have mentioned above if you want to enjoy a peaceful life without being closely surrounded by people.

[Mosha]

Back in London we lived in a 2 bedroom terrace house, complete with wall to wall neighbours.

The walls were so thin; we could even hear the neighbours peeing.

Suffered years of that and promised myself that when I come to live in Thailand this will all change.

So now in Chiang Mai, I purchased a large piece of land, built the house on that land with a 2 metre brick wall around the land borders with plenty of space between my property and the neighbours. If there is any noise created by people, at least it’s not right on my doorstep.

I wouldn’t live on a housing estate if someone gave me the house for free. The problem with having people living near by is having to put up with their dogs, noise, mess, vehicle engine noise if they arrive home late and all the rest of their crap.

So for those who wish for the quite life, should never live in a moo baan and than complain that they can hear their neighbours.

The answer is to do as I have mentioned above if you want to enjoy a peaceful life without being closely surrounded by people.

We always get invited so we never have a problem. We even sometimes take the new monk to the Wat next day. More noise and dancing

[dereklev]

I live in a Moo Baan 40kms north of Korat.

We seem to have a minimum of 2 or 3 parties a month here. We are always invited to the parties and generally go if we are in the village.

When they are having all nighters nearby my wife warns me and I stay in Korat overnight.

We also have the mandatory 6am announcements from the Poo Yai Baan most mornings but as I am an early riser these don't bother me too much.

My sister in law used to have 2 hour aerobic sessions everyday right outside my house which was very annoying until they built a communal hall away from us where these sort of events are now held.

Moral of this is if you are going to live in a village be prepared for plenty of noise. There is no point complaining as the this is the Thai way of living and partying...

[Robby nz]

This post is a comment rather than a complaint, I dont really mind the party or the noise, all part of the experience of living in this country.

As expected it started before daylight, about half volume at first with announcements that we should all be at the local Wat before 7am. about 6 they turned it up so it set off the vehicle alarm of the guests car parked outside, how loud must that be?

Now they have all moved out and silance has taken over, but for the occasional motorcy.

The most noise I have heard was the night before the Yasathon rocket festival, an event well worth going to, They line both sides of the main street with stages complete with banks of speakers and try to outdo each other with noise, walk down the middle of the street and you can feel the noise going right through you, awsome.

The year I went I only saw 3 other farang there, an OZie I sort of teamed up with and 2 Yanks who had an armed gusrd and strings of wooden penisis hung round their necks. What could they have been thinking?

[Dakhar]

".....walk down the middle of the street and you can feel the noise going right through you, awsome."

If you knew what that level of noise exposure does to your ears.... I don't think you would beleive that experience to be "awesome."

[G54]

I dont live in the sticks but in a moo baan about 35km from BKK and today we have a party (someone being ordained as a monk) about 100m up the soi from our house We have endured 4 since we have been here and all are similar, a large tent is erected across the whole soi blocking all traffic and a rented sound system with huge speakers gets turned on early with the volome on max this goes till usually late at night.

The noise at out place today has been terrible, the TV volume cant compete, any closer to the source it must be almost impossible to hear music only a scream of sound and conversation would be out of the question.

Anyone experienced this and why does the volume have to be so high?

MAX volume is the norm. Been to a few of these parties and the people love it 'loud and proud'. It isn't as if it happens everyday.

And the parents want the biggest and best party (that includes the volume) so they can afford to show off to friends, neighbours and family.

One of those fun Thai things we have to accept

[johna]

I live in a rural area,

yesterday a party stated to celebrate the ordination of a monk on ground adjacent to the temple.

This morning, thanks to speakers I could hear the ordination ceremony ending, the temple is 2 Km away.

[a2396]

Move to a less trouble prone location & check it out before moving.

[fred2007]

Hello,

I understand where your coming from. I live in Ratchaburi near Burmha out in the sticks and it gets even worse out here. They erect platforms for dancers and singers so this means they need a very large speaker system to go with it. And at 6 am you dont want to be hearing them speakers kick in and always they have the bass turned up to the max, so it shakes everything.

Also you could do what i have done buy a 2k system and blare out farang music at 6am when they have not got a party on.

Maybe you can lend me your sound system for a while we just having some sort of a party

on for the past week I live in Ratchaburi as well