Snake Charming In India

In India large amount of snake charmers could be seen on streets, cities and towns and its very good for tourism, but in the past few years the snake charmers could be in danger because of the government crackdown. They are also called pungi and they are one of the mayor attractions when you go to India because people like to take pictures close the cobra.


But some tourists that go to India not for those attractions are very scared because the snakes they handle are extremely poisonous and a single bite can get you directly to an instant dead, so in many parts of India the government don´t like snake charmers but police are afraid of them because of the poison of the snake so not all get arrested.  


Something that is not in favor of snake charmers is that the government begun a campaign to take care of the snakes and they could´t have a exotic snake in their possesion.



A snake charmer of the India:

Snake Charming by Gaspar Gonzalez

An snake charmner is a guy that risks his life hypnotizing poisonous snakes likes Cobras, it also includes handling the snake, and many more dangerous performances that puts on danger his life. This act is most commoly in India but many places like Asian, Africa, and Egypt performs this very dangerous acts. The snake charming represents a heroe that can control the devil (snake). The act consist on taking out a cobra from a box and start playing the flute and the snake in state of hypnosis start daning from one side to the other side inside the box, they became a   popular tourist attraction in the begining of the 50´s. Besides the cobras the snake charmers also use pythons and mambas to make the same thing. If these poisonous snakes bite someone they would be considered as blasphemous by the Hinduism. All the snakes that the snake charmers use are all captures because is a tradition to go the wilds and capture a snake and they always have a sustitue for all the snakes. The flute that the snake charmers use is called naskar that is made of bamboo stem and coconut shell. Always before the show the snake charmer washes thir snakes for them to be wet and fresh.