[pfiwxruxta]

>> Those last 2 to 3 minutes each

They are on EVERY day of the year, 5 times a day and start at 5 am. Festivals aren't daily. Why hide that fact?

That said, I would like to see no loudspeakers used in residential areas at all - by anyone.

[srean]

Not hiding. I expected this to be common enough knowledge that it did not require further elaboration.

I am bothered more by the pandal loudspeakers because they disrupt night sleep for multiple stretches of a week at a time. Ajaans are not aired during my sleeping hours so they don't bother me (except for the 5 am one at times). Neither do church bells. There are many mosques around where I stay, thankfully they seem to obey noise ordinances that pandals do not.

In contrast there is always some festival every month with a pandal and there goes my sleep for a week.

Totally agree that noise ordinances should be uniformly applied. Same applies to construction noise.