Snake charming is history now in India

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The snake charmers’ act and playing with snakes on the tune of their flutes will be history now in India. According to the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972, hunting or keeping snakes is prohibited.

However, the turbaned snake charmers were consistently ignoring the laws and earning money with doing this in crowded bus as well as in many tourist states.

Now, the animal rights group working for environmental awareness has forced the government to stop hunting and using snakes to earn money by snake charmers.

Now, the snake charmers have accepted the law made by the government. Hawa Singh Nath, 68, old charmer said that we now have accepted the fact that we cannot perform with snakes. The charmers usually live in outskirts areas of cities, where they learn the tips to master this ancient art.

However, snake charming was never a profitable for them even at the best of times. Now the ban on hunting and earning money from that has made it even more difficult.

Hawa Singh said to the Age that

we are hardly earning half of what we used to earn before. Many are going to the cities and most our children do not want to take up our profession. We have no regrets that they will not play the flute. We need to do other jobs now to survive.

They earn good money sometimes as Nath has performed the play at the Dubai film festival in 2005. Some of the others have been gone to the U.K. and Middle East on wedding or birthday party shows.

The Age has reported that other charmers have opted to do some other jobs at animal centres and forestry offices. They are making visitors aware about their reptiles.

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