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Snake charming was originally initiated in India, as we can read about snake deities (Nagas) and snakes protecting many gods of Hinduism in their old scriptures. As the snake charming art cultivated, the popularity of the art drift it to the other neighbor countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan and African countries like Egypt. In India Snake charming was a practiced by a special musical organ by which it is said that snake gets charmed to the tune (scientifically snakes can’t hear anything but gets “charmed” by the movement of the snake charmer’s head). But, different countries customized snake charming according to their convenience. This painting represents snake charmer of Egypt is playing the same trick with a long flute-like organ. Mostly the snakes’ fangs and venoms […]

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The current picture is a work of Eugene Fromentin, a French painter, who had several visits in African regions, including Algeria. Falconry has been a well-practiced hunting tactic in Algeria for many decades. You just raise one Falcon with good training of how to capture a flying bird and instead of eating it, bringing it to its owner. The practiced, experienced falcon would bring in more food. In African countries this technique was the only option in various parts. So, falconry was fully grown and serious source of food. The trained falcons would hunt down the weak birds or slow rodents. But, sometimes falcons could become more daring and would catch a small animal, for instance, a little deer or a fox as shown in […]

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