Snake charming
Snake charming is the practice of pretending to hypnotize a snake by playing an instrument called pungi or bansuri. 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 practice is most common in India, though other Asian nations such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Malaysia are also home to performers, as are the North African countries of Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia.
Ancient Egypt was home to one form of snake charming, though the practice as it exists today likely arose in India. It eventually spread throughout Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. Despite a sort of golden age in the 20th century, snake charming is today in danger of dying out. This is due to a variety of factors, chief among them the recent enforcement of a 1972 law in India banning ownership of snakes. In retaliation, snake charmers have organized in recent years, protesting the loss of their only means of livelihood, and the government has made some overtures to them.
Snake charmer (disambiguation)
Snake charmer may refer to:
Snake Charmer (EP)
Snake Charmer is a collaborative EP between musicians Jah Wobble, The Edge and Holger Czukay released in 1983 through Island Records.
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Podcasts:
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by Future Idiots
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by Black Tusk
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by Blink 182
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by Vicci Martinez
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by Rainbow
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by Riot
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by Her Space Holiday
Snake Charmer
by: Future IdiotsI felt a stutter and a waiver, cutting like a razor
Like fire through the snow, then straight down to the
bone
She creeps up like a spider, and wants you deep inside
She turns you into stone, a twisted little show
That's how it was to all begin
Cause good girls who like to sin
Way back at the starting line
When Eve was on Adam's mind
And he was the first to go
In search of the great unknown
And swallow you yet again
Cause good girls, they like to sin
You are a hero and survivor, your eyes are getting
tired
There's claw marks under your spine, it happens all the
time
The silent evil daughters, like sirens on the water
You've been the perfect crime, it happens all the time
That's how it was to all begin
Cause good girls who like to sin
Way back at the starting line
When Eve was on Adam's mind
And he was the first to go
In search of the great unknown
And swallow you yet again
Cause good girls, they like to sin
Aaaaaaaaaaa
Cause good girls, they like to sin
Aaaaaaaaaaa
Cause good girls, they like to sin
That's how it was to all begin
Cause good girls who like to sin
Way back at the starting line
When Eve was on Adam's mind
And he was the first to go
In search of the great unknown
And swallow you yet again
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