Why are Indians good at catching snakes?

Because Indians have to make a living. In other words, Indians catch snakes because they want to play the flute and dance the snake.

India's terrible snake charmer

Especially in India, snakes play an important role in culture. Indians worship snakes and regard them as the embodiment of "God", and cobra is especially respected, known as "Nula Pambu", that is, "Good Snake".

There are snake temples, snake villages, snake dances, snake boat races and snake festivals in India every year. The worship of the snake god is an ancient religious ceremony in India. Many Hindus will offer eggs and milk as sacrifices to the snake god on the day of the Snake Festival. In recent years, the Indian government has vigorously developed tourism and excavated the country's ancient traditional cultural projects. As a result of dancing with snakes for hundreds of years, Hilale is regarded by Indians as the birthplace of the "Snake Festival", so india tourism authorities have listed it as one of the key tourist cities.

Every August, during the Snake Festival, the citizens of Hilalai, regardless of gender, age and age, go to the countryside to catch snakes. They hoarded the snakes they caught in an ancient temple. After dinner, they will come to the temple, grab one or several snakes with their bare hands, step out of the temple and start dancing with snakes. Almost all of them carry a snake in their hands, and some people hold the snake in their arms and keep kissing; Some people wrap snakes around their bodies and swagger with measured steps, as if to show off their bravery; There are many young women who actually tie snakes between their navel as beautiful "belts"; There are also some children who only wear shorts and have eight or nine small snakes with red and green stripes hanging upside down on their naked bodies ... Although many people will be bitten and entangled by snakes, they are proud of it. These people think that being bitten and entangled by snakes indicates that there will be no disaster and no disease in this life.

Snake boat race

In Kerala, a southwestern Indian state, there is an auspicious activity about snakes-snake boat race, just like the dragon boat race in China. On the bank of the match point, coconut trees are lush, tall and straight, gongs and drums sound one after another, and snake-shaped boats compete for each other. This is the grand occasion of the traditional Ounan festival snake boat race in Ranmula, Ganpakulan and Kotaya areas of Kerala. The bow of the rowing boat is a lifelike snake head with a long red tongue, which is 60 meters long. The snake head with a high water level of 14 meters sticks its tongue up. Every local village regards the snake boat race as a major event, so they all choose strong players to participate. Participants wear white underwear and white headscarves, hold paddles, and each boat is decorated with red or yellow umbrellas. During the competition, the contestants sat neatly on both sides of the boat and paddled hard according to the singer's short and rhythmic horn. In an instant, hundreds of snake boats rushed in, splashing, singing and shouting. If they win, the whole village will celebrate for them.

Hindus in India account for about 83% of the total population. In the eyes of devout Hindus, snakes are not poisons, but gods that connect human nature. As long as people don't hurt the snake's heart, the snake has no intention of hurting people. The powerful cobra is the embodiment of the god of wealth. As long as you treat it well and provide it with food, you will be lucky in this life. In many rural areas of India, there are snake temples filled with incense, and some good men and women who have not yet given birth worship the snake god enshrined in the temple in order to get a man and a half.

For thousands of years, a group of snake charmers have been active in India. They walk the streets every day, and several baskets and a flute of different sizes make up all their possessions. Most people prefer to stay away from snakes, while Indian snake people regard them as friends. Most of the ancestors of Indian snake charmers lived in deep mountains and forests, and the natural environment formed made them accustomed to being friends with poisonous snakes since childhood. Cobra and python, which make ordinary people flinch, are very obedient under their command. Even if you are accidentally bitten by a snake, you will use herbs to detoxify quickly. Playing snake industry is also an "eyeball economy". Under the impact of modern civilization and technology, the snake industry in ancient India has shown signs of decline.

This kind of culture and art with a history of thousands of years became illegal after 1972. In order to ban snakeskin trade, the Indian government cracked down on street snake charmers after 1972. The Indian government realized that a Millennium work of art was about to be lost. In order to protect snake charmers, the government will soon launch a "snake charmer training" program. The snake charmer who has participated in government training will officially become the animal trainer of the National Zoo and be awarded the title of "reptile expert". The snake charmer will explain interesting stories about wildlife and jungle life to children who have visited the zoo. In addition, the government will also set up a "snake charmer's special line" to catch snakes that invade and suddenly climb home for the public.

king cobra

India has some of the largest, most famous and deadliest snakes in the world. For example, the king cobra is famous for its terrible habits and dangerous venom; Reticulated python, more than ten meters long, is the longest snake in the world. These two kinds of snakes are very rare now, only in a few areas of India, and humans rarely encounter them in the wild. Another 259 species of snakes are distributed all over India, of which about 50 are poisonous snakes, and some are very dangerous. Although many people are worried about the fatal danger of Indian snakes, they are also one of the highly endangered species in the ecosystem.

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