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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, also known as bīn or Murli, is a musical instrument that originates from the Indian subcontinent. The instrument consists of a reservoir into which air is blown and then channelled into two reed pipes. It is played with no pauses, as the player employs circular breathing. In street performances, the pungi is used for snake charming ...
Pungi: पुँगी Snake-charmer's flute a double reed woodwind with two reed pipes (one a drone) attached to small gourd, a mouth-blown air hole at the top of the gourd. Simpler instrument than the bin; it lacks the bin's holes on the drone pipe, for changing scale. Learners may use this before going on to the bin.
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".
"Snake Charmer" is a song by UK bhangra artist Panjabi MC and the first track to be lifted from his 2008 album Indian Timing. It was released as a single in the UK in May 2009. It was released as a single in the UK in May 2009.
Dave "Animal" Maltby – guitar on "Snake Charmer" and "Sleazy" François Kevorkian – production, drum programming on "Snake Charmer", synthesizer on "It Was a Camel" Jaki Liebezeit – drums on "Hold on to Your Dreams" Ben Mandelson – guitar on "It Was a Camel" Herb Powers Jr. – mastering; Paul "Groucho" Smykle – production, engineering
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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