melaphone

Apart from the tent angled in such a way as to project as much sound as possible towards the house the Mela isn't anywhere near as bad as similarly-located events such as the Festival of Leith for excessive noises, with the additional exception of this person who thought it would be fun to conceal a P.A speaker in the wooden ship thing all the children were clambering about on, suddenly booming out an announcement for an incipient storytime when merely raising his voice would have been sufficient.