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(No Ratings Yet)Loading...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 […]