Noise

Popeye · Post by **Popeye** » Thu Nov 26, 2015 8:18 am

Now for all this noise (music etc ) that is made for weddings and funerals for everyone to hear in a radius of half a km. Is this really necessary? I have been told many times that it is traditional, now to me that is a load of crap, as for it being traditional it would have to go back many generations and in those days "There Was No Amplifiers driving enormous speakers.
Samouth, do you have an answer?

rozzieoz · Post by **rozzieoz** » Thu Nov 26, 2015 9:29 am

It's the "look at me look at me" syndrome

cptrelentless · Post by **cptrelentless** » Thu Nov 26, 2015 2:00 pm

Is it any different to people dinging church bells all Sunday morning, or doing the call to prayer? At least most of the time it's only a single tinny tannoy.

LTO · Post by **LTO** » Thu Nov 26, 2015 2:18 pm

Foreigners whining about Khmer weddings and funerals happens so consistently and has been going on so long that it has almost become a tradition in itself.

vladimir · Post by **vladimir** » Thu Nov 26, 2015 2:32 pm

cptrelentless wrote:Is it any different to people dinging church bells all Sunday morning, or doing the call to prayer? At least most of the time it's only a single tinny tannoy.

It's very different to church bells, they usually toll at hours when people are not sleeping.

Call to prayer, can't say, but I do know Cairo municipality implemented a decibel limit years back after the mosque noise wars.

Weddings are OK, but funeral music can start at 3am, and sometimes goes on for 10 days.

One question for the critics of the OP: do you seriously think this would be tolerated opposite the PM's residence?

Wasn't Martinis closed/relocated because of ' noise'?

We dislike it, so do many Khmers.

And don't forget, the Royal Palace Boulevard was closed on account of ' noise'.

Are you going to criticise The King for being culturally insensitive? Thought not.

Apologists.

LTO · Post by **LTO** » Thu Nov 26, 2015 2:43 pm

Just a point of fact: The Royal Palace Blvd (Sothearos) is not closed due to noise, regardless of the government's stated excuse. The Palace issued a letter saying that they made no request to close the road.

vladimir · Post by **vladimir** » Thu Nov 26, 2015 3:15 pm

So the reports in this regard in the CD and PPP were fictitious?

Fourkinnel · Post by **Fourkinnel** » Thu Nov 26, 2015 3:20 pm

Whem I see those fucking tannoy speakers being put up near my home, I wish for a rocket launcher!. It's the only thing they call tradition or culture that I hate.

It wouldn't be so bad if they played just the plinky plonky music or songs that are popular but then you got something that sounds like George Formby on acid at the wrong speed, then some jolly conversation betwen man and woman, maybe comedy?, even at funerals!) The same shit every time on a loop! All this at such a volume that it's distorted/ too much for the amp/speaker! They say its so everyone in the local area knows what's happening, maybe only the monk chanting part, but now they can they just phone each other to say " hey, free booze at Om's funeral down the road" they don't need to be that loud!

vladimir · Post by **vladimir** » Thu Nov 26, 2015 3:30 pm

Culture is dynamic.

Shite culture waits for a kick

LTO · Post by **LTO** » Thu Nov 26, 2015 3:49 pm

vladimir wrote:So the reports in this regard in the CD and PPP were fictitious?

Fictitious? Not sure what that means. But yes, they were wrong if they reported that. The letter from the Palace was published in a few places, including 440. The road in front of the Palace was shut for political reasons. "Noise" was the government's excuse. In fact it wouldn't even make sense to shut that road for 'noise' since the King's residence borders Street 19 at the back of the Palace grounds, not Sothearos.

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