Gypsies (Lambanis, Banjara or Roma), snake charmers, and a dancing girl in Rajisthan, India

These people are actual gypsies living in a camp near Shahpura Samode Palace in Rajisthan, India. The whole scene was very interesting and very much for tourists. However, snake charmers have practiced their trade this way for many centuries with onlookers responding in the same way - amazement and applause punctuated with the tossing of coins or currency.

There's lots of controversy about snake charming due to animal concerns, reptile ownership bans in India, and performers wanting to make a living. Some snake charmers take good care of their snakes while others may remove fangs or simply not feed the creature - replacing it with another after it dies.

We saw many snake charmers throughout India and always found it to be an interesting experience. The little girl (dancer) in this video was six years old at the time.

Here's my personal web page about our travels throughout India:
http://www.rogerwendell.com/india.html

11-25-2008

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• snake
• charmers
• dancer
• shahpura
• samode
• palace
• rajisthan
• india
• lambanis
• roma
• banjara

[Dimanto2010]

Banjara are different then Roma don't compare pearls with sand..

[zeekzilch]

@Dimanto2010

Sorry, but for those of us not familiar with the differences it's difficult to identify either...

[pjmtngirl]

@Dimanto2010

Roma are decendants of the Banjara. In America we see no slight in this.

[velyogendra]

Nice snake charmer and cute girl.