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Snake charming is the practice of appearing to hypnotize a snake (often a cobra) by playing and waving around an instrument called a pungi. A typical performance may also include handling the snakes or performing other seemingly dangerous acts, as well as other street performance staples, like juggling and sleight of hand .
Their dances and songs are a matter of pride and a marker of identity for the Kalbelias, as they represent the creative adaptation of this community of snake charmers to changing socio-economic conditions and their own role in rural Rajasthani society. An image of a dancer belonging to the Kalbelia tribe from Rajasthan, India
The pungi [3] [4] [5] is a Hindu folk music reed pipe instrument [6] that is mostly played by cobra charmers [7] in Sindh and Rajasthan. [8] The instrument is made from a dry hollowed gourd with two bamboo attachments. [9]
Snake charmers typically need 6 to 7 cobras each year to replace those that perish. These snake charmers in Jaipur, India have set up their act on the sidewalk in a busy tourist area.
According to John C. Murphy, "the Psylli were the displaced remnants of an ancient Libyan tribe that lived on the Gulf of Sidra. Conquered by the nomadic Nasamones, the Psylli became a well-known snake-charming sect." [2] Of the Psylli, Herodotus described "a tribe that met with extinction" after the desert wind dried up their water holes (IV.173).
Serpentessa, the snake priestess talked with ET about the new fad. After getting her start in snake charming 35 years ago, she now offers her services to other to help them find relaxation and ...
Nala Damajanti was the stage name of a late 19th-century snake charmer who toured with P.T. Barnum's circus and performed at the famed Folies Bergère in Paris. French sources identify her as Emilie Poupon (1861–1944), born in Nantey, Jura Department, France.
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