0 A Tam Boon in Nikomkamsoi

I was invited to a Tam Boon recently by a friend in Nikomkamsoi. Nikom is a small town about 30 km. south of Mukdahan. The tam boom was not in the town actually. It was in a village out in the forest just before you got into town. i was led into the party from another friend's house by a couple of partygoers on a motorbike. Its a good thing too for I would have gotten hopelessly lost. (I even got a little lost on the egress.)
A tamboon for those who don't know is a party that the family gives to raise money for the local wat (temple) they are given for many different reasons. Sometimes they are honoring a death of someone recently passed away (100 days) or all the past relatives or many other reasons. They generally consist of food for the guests (a lot of it), whisky (in this case Blend 285) and beer, singing and dancing.
Most that i have attended the guests give a few hundred baht to the host in an envelope. In this case the party goers dispensed with the envelopes and just handed the host money or "tipped" the singers who donated their tips to the family. The tamboon party is followed by the family going to the wat the next day and raising more donations and donating them to the wat.
As you can tell from the video, everybody had a real good time. Some more than others....  - Khun Rut
*The map below is just a wild approximation of where the party was so its for reference only not navigation ok?

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