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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 .
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]
They are also known as Nath. The community are as much snake catchers as snake charmers, and are employed by villagers as snake charmers. According to their traditions, the community descend from a Kanipa, a Jhinwar, who took to snake charming. They are nomadic, and are possibly of Dom origin. The Punjab Sapela speak Punjabi and found ...
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.
The Kalbelias are Cultural Hindus and practice snake worship; they worship the Nāga and Manasa, and their holy day is Naga Panchami. The Kalbelias have different traditions from the majority of Hindus. The Kalbelia men wear a Apadravya. Kalbelias bury their dead, instead of cremating them (as is common with Hindus in the rest of the country).
In Egypt's premier Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh, snake charmer Amier El Refaie puts some of the world's most dangerous snakes to sleep. Refaie, who has been charming snakes for the past five ...
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]
Bede man showcasing a snake charming performance. The majority of the Bedes live on snake related trading, such as snake charming (training), snake catching, snake selling, etc. They also sell lucky heathers and herbal medicines, which they claim have magical properties. They utilize wild plants, herbs, and roots as herbal treatments and ...