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  2. Snake charming - Wikipedia

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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 .

  3. Pungi - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Sapera (Hindu) - Wikipedia

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    These divisions are said to reflect the diverse origin of this community, where people of different caste backgrounds took to the occupation of snake charming, and over time evolved into a distinct community. They now have Scheduled Caste status in Haryana. [5] In Punjab, the word Sapela is derived from the word sap, which means snake in ...

  5. India snake charmers struggle to save dying tradition - AOL

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    Snake charmers were once a regular fixture, but their tradition is dying out due to changes in wildlife protection laws. Snake charmers were once a regular fixture, but their tradition is dying ...

  6. Kalbelia - Wikipedia

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    Snake Charmers 1868. The Kalbelia are a snake charming tribe from the Thar Desert in Rajasthan , India. [ 1 ] The dance is an integral part of their culture and performed by men and women.

  7. Centuries old cobra snake charming should be boycotted for ...

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    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.

  8. Nomads of India - Wikipedia

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    Their traditional occupation is snake charming, said to be Muslim converts from the Hindu Sapera caste. The Sapera speak a dialect which is a mixture of Urdu, Hindi and Maithili. Although Muslim, most Sapera worship a tribal deity known as Bisahari. found in the districts of Saharsa, Champaran, Sitamarhi and Purnea in Bihar. Sapuria [55]

  9. Shehnai - Wikipedia

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    The shehnai is thought to have been developed by improving upon the pungi [citation needed] (a woodwind folk instrument used primarily for snake charming). The counterparts to the shehnai played in Western India and Coastal Karnataka are indigenous to the territory.