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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 ...
Their dances and songs are a matter of pride and a marker of identity for the Kalbelias, as they represent the creative adaptation of this community of snake charmers to changing socio-economic conditions and their own role in rural Rajasthani society. An image of a dancer belonging to the Kalbelia tribe from Rajasthan, India
In November 2013 in Morocco, Miller made portraits of local tradesmen, nomadic people, snake charmers, fossil diggers, and Gnawa musicians. In 2014, he re-created photographs paying homage to photographers in a project titled Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich: Homage to Photographic Masters, using John Malkovich as the subject in each image.
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.
Indonesian snake charmer Ice Habibi plays with wild king cobras at his rural home in Riau province, Indonesia. Bare-chested Ice, aged 27, is seen handling two giant king cobras with his hands in ...
Some are salt traders, fortune-tellers, conjurers, ayurvedic healers, jugglers, acrobats, actors, storytellers, snake charmers, animal doctors, tattooists, grindstone makers, or basketmakers. Some anthropologists have identified about 8 nomadic groups in India , numbering perhaps 1 million people—around 0.12 percent of the country's billion ...
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