| Show 5 ahe che ana snake charmers chaefer s a of india a ta ot of all persons in tho the world there Is none with A calling more weird than that of the snake charmer of 0 india conr picture today shows two of these hindus sitting by the roadside while their peculiar pets tho the snakes sport before them for the amusement of the passersby passers by the serpents shown in the tha picture are the terrible cobra di ca or hooded snakes of the east in their native state they are deadly creatures but the jugglers before handling them first extract their fangs then they teach them to dance and keep time to music in some of the hindu temples the cobra Is an object of worship being carefully fed with milk and sugar by the priests the natives have many superstitions about this snake and even believe that the deity sometimes assumes that form orm when kindly treated the cobra becomes quite tame agui music to ha a special attraction for the cobra and he will often come from his hiding place when a fla golet or lute flute la Is played in hla his hearing when a 9 house becomes infested with the tha serpents the snake charmer comes into use ile he plays his flageolet nage olet and the serpents eer peats come forth and are killed az tv MI SNAKE CHARMERS IN WEIRD performance |
