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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 .
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.
The principal occupation of the Sapera remains snake charming, and they wander from village to village, performing with deadly snakes like cobras. They are also expert snake catchers, and are often called in by other villagers to catch snakes and remove the poison from persons bitten by snakes.
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 ...
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.
AP Photo/Ariel SchalitA snake charmer who earned two doctorate degrees while serving a prison term for the heinous murder of his reptile-trading partner could soon become a millionaire thanks to ...
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 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.