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  2. The Snake Charmer - Wikipedia

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    The Snake Charmer is an oil-on-canvas painting by French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme produced around 1879. [1] After it was used on the cover of Edward Said's book Orientalism in 1978, the work "attained a level of notoriety matched by few Orientalist paintings," [2] as it became a lightning-rod for criticism of Orientalism in general and Orientalist painting in particular, although Said ...

  3. Joseph Bruno Slowinski - Wikipedia

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    A biography of Slowinski titled The Snake Charmer was written in 2008 by Jamie James. Three species have been named after Slowinski: a species of North American corn snake (Pantherophis slowinskii), [2] a species of bent-toed gecko native to Myanmar (Cyrtodactylus slowinskii), and a species of krait native to Vietnam (Bungarus slowinskii). [3]

  4. Snake charmer (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Snake charmer song, also known as "The Streets of Cairo", or "The Poor Little Country Maid" "Snake charmer" (song) by Teddy Powell (composer) and Leonard Whitcup (lyricist), published 1937; Snakecharmer, by Sort Sol; Snake Charmer, an EP by Jah Wobble, The Edge and Holger Czukay

  5. Musical instrument - Wikipedia

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    Abraham Bloemaert playing a bagpipe. A musical instrument is a device created or adapted to make musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can be considered a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. A person who plays a musical instrument is known as an instrumentalist. The ...

  6. 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.

  7. 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] It is also a double-reed instrument. [10] The pungi is played by Jogi in the Thar desert. [11]

  8. Snake charming - Wikipedia

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    Snake charmer in Jaipur (India) in 2007 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 ...

  9. Arabian riff - Wikipedia

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    It included an attraction called "A Street in Cairo" produced by Gaston Akoun, which featured snake charmers, camel rides and a scandalous dancer known as Little Egypt. Songwriter James Thornton penned the words and music to his own version of this melody, "Streets Of Cairo or The Poor Little Country Maid".