snakecharmer's story
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A lesson In
Environmental StudiesFor class v
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I am Aryanath. I am a snake charmer. I entertain people with snakes. I know to play the been and make the snakes dance. I learnt this art from my father and grandfather. Our community is called KALBELIYAS.
My grandfathe
r
My father
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GRANDFATHER TELLS
e e
When I open the bamboo basket, people gather to watch the snakes. They give me rice, pulses and food at the end of the snake show
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OUR OTHER WORK
We not only entertain people but also give them medicines after collecting some herbs from the forests and heal some of their illnessWe know to identify which snake has bitten the people
We know how to remove the venom from the body of the people bitten by snakes
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LAW AND BAN
Some people catch the snakes for their venom; some people kill the snakes and sell their skins at high prices
To put an end to these practices, our Government has made a law to ban the catching of snakes and keeping them in the houses for entertainment
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OUR LIFE NOW
Fearing the punishment, we have left our snake charmer work and now we entertain people with our instrumentsWe play the instruments:
tumba, been, dhol, KanjiriOur party is called ‘been party
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LET’S DISCUSS
The snakes are venomous and dangerous to all; why does our government ban the act of capturing and killing the snakes?
The reasons are:The snakes are endangered animals, i.e. they are being killed by man everyday that their number is becoming less. It affects the equilibrium in nature.
Secondly, our government wants to
regularize the act of selling and buying venom of snakes for anti venom preparation through recognized government agencies and not by individual snake charmers
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SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Aryanath, You know all about snakes, which are poisonous, which are non-poisonous; what are fangs in snakes, how to remove the fangs and you must go to cities and share this knowledge with all the children of your age.
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Poisonous snakes in India are :Russell’s viper, Cobras, Saw-scaled viper and the common
Krait.
Daboia / Russell’s viper
Bungarus / Krait
Afai / Sawscaled viperKing cobra
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The poisonous snakes have fangs through which the venom is passed on to the prey.
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King CobraTHE MOST FAMOUS AND MOST FEARED ONE SNAKE IN INDIA. THE KING COBRA IS A LARGE AND POWERFUL SNAKE.KING COBRAS SKIN IS EITHER OLIVE-GREEN, TAN, OR BLACK AND IT HAS FAINT, PALE YELLOW CROSS BANDS DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE BODY. THE BELLY IS CREAM OR PALE YELLOW, AND THE SCALES ARE SMOOTH.PEOPLE TREAT KING COBRA AS GOD IN INDIA.
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NON POISONOUS SNAKES
Anaconda
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SCARE OF SOUTH AMERICA
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MAN AND ANIMALS
Man keeps many animals for entertainment. Name some of them
ANSWER: monkey, dog, dolphins and many animals in circus.
Let’s watch a video Click on the monkey
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ANIMALS FOR AMUSEMENTWe find animals amusing us in
ZooCircusNational parks and SanctuariesCinemasAmusement parksRoad playsAquarium
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DO YOU LIKE IT?
We don’t like to be caged, then how can the animals be caged because man has invented this method to overpower them?
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ANIMALS FOR LIVELIHOOD
Man is directly dependent on animals for food and also for his livelihood
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SURVEY and PROJECT
Name of the animal
No. of animals
kept
Person looking
after
Place they are
kept
Food and
Water
Any illness
Remarks
Ex: Cow
3
farmer
shed
Grass & hay30 litres of water
Foot and mouth disease
Used for milk
Make a survey on people and animal relationship:
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•Hindu mythologies are filled with stories and fables about snakes, the most important being the Sheshnaga of Lord Vishnu (it is on this snake that Lord Vishnu reclines while sleeping in the sea). Thus, it is quite understandable that a festival called Naga Panchami is observed in India, in the honor of snakes, every year in the month of August.
•In India, snakes are so revered that temples have also been erected in their honor. There is a particularly famous one in Mysore, at a place called Subramania
NAGAPANCHAMI
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The cobra is most popular as a source of public amusement. Snake-charmers use this highly venomous elapid specie to entertain people in a very odd way. Everything is so strange: the snake-charmer sits cross-legged playing his flute and the snake in front of him sways to the sounds in a standing position, ready to bite. But it doesn’t!Actually, standing is natural to a cobra. Most species can rise to approximately one third of their body lengths. standing is the natural defensive posture of the cobra. This is a kind of warning signal to the enemies. The scientist explains that a cobra that has been in a basket for a while will rear up its body when the lid is removed. This is a natural response of the startled snake. Also, the cobra may spread a hood, another element of the defensive posture, by spreading its ribs located in the neck under elastic skin. In a “charming” situation, the cobra seems to be hypnotized by the pleasant sounds of the flute. Scientists say that cobras cannot hear the way people do. However, they are very sensitive to vibrations and, perhaps, are able to feel the music. Indeed, the cobra responds to the sight rather than to the sound of the flute. What the snake actually does is matching the movements of the snake charmer.
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