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On Explore .. #247 on Thursday, April 9, 2009 - Thanks everyone for your input.
India's Snake Charmers Fade, Blaming Eco-Laws, TV.
The exotic sight of these mystical men enticing snakes to dance to the soulful music of gourd flutes has long captured the imagination of people in the West. The dexterity with which the charmers handle deadly snakes such as cobras and vipers has added to the allure of the street-side performances.
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Snake charmer by the fishing harbor near Kochi, Kerala, India.
A portrait crop (slightly different processed) was used for the cover of
the Norwegian Journal of Biomedical Laboratory Science 10/2008,
making this my most widely seen photo.
The snakes are Indian Cobra and they were very lively.
“Grandpa, why do you take such a hot bath when you have a cold?”
About fifteen minutes ago, he had come staggering out of the bathroom, swathed in a towel and his robe, moaning and uttering guttural gasps for air, as he headed for his bedroom. For the past few days, he had been hacking up a storm, expelling gross amounts of phlegm and cursing everyone who had even come close to passing on the germs to him. The sounds of him fighting for his very life could be heard downstairs and I asked mom about it. “Oh, he does this every time he gets sick. Says it makes him better faster but, I think it’s just an excuse to buy himself a small mickey of Johnnie Walker.” I wasn’t really too sure what she was talking about so, when he finally emerged – amazingly still alive – and parked himself on the couch, I bounded over beside him and asked.
“Listen, me laddie, and remember this for when you are older. The body is a funny thing. Its preference is to get along to get along. So, if a little ol’ virus decides to park itself within, it won’t really do much about it. Maybe send over a part-time witch doctor on staff to see what it’s on about and maybe offer a bit of a scolding, suggesting that it might just get on its way. If the virus refuses sound counsel though and decides to pitch a tent and stay for a while, after a bit, the ‘heavies’ will be sent on over and give it a bit of working over. You know, a kick up the backside, or a stomping real good. Viruses are stoopid though and sometimes just downright bullheaded. In that case… and listen to me, my son, this is important (no need for him to say that as I was rapt anyways, always loving to listen to his banter and stories)… fever is the key!” He laughed like as if the Secret of Chanarra had just been revealed. “The body acts on instinct and function. If you raise its temperature to the critical level, it reacts to survive. So, I soak in a feverously hot bath, bringing things to the boiling point, kicking it up an extra notch with a steaming hot toddy, I might add. Now, the body is not aware of those little voices happening in the top of your head. It doesn’t hear the snickering, the ‘ha ha, we tricks it with a hot bath’, the banter of another successful caper. It thinks one thing: fever! Out comes the full armada, complete with brass knuckles and howitzers and kapow! Bang! Smash! Oh dear, it is an ugly scene! Suffice to say, that virus hightails it out of town faster than you can say binggle-bottom.”
I laughed at that, not knowing what it meant but, it sounded funny. “So, that is why you take the hot bath?”
“Yes, that and I don’t own a sauna.”
“Norman Rockwell’s ninth [the eighth, actually] Willie Gillis cover for “The Saturday Evening Post,” a fakir with the power to charm cobras is astonished at Willie Gillis’ string trick. The cigarette falling from the fakir’s lips appears to be a gift of goodwill, as evidenced by the pack left on Willie Gillis’ language guide.” – Norman Rockwell Museum.
Magic is an ancient artform in India. It’s the home of the Indian Rope Trick, one of magic’s most famous illusions. Yet, Willie Gillis is able to charm the snake charmer with a cigarette and a piece of string. Cat’s Cradle seems to be the source of astonishment. That is a surprise, but why is Willie Gillis in India in the first place?
“Two-million American soldiers came to India between 1942 and 1945. India’s strategic location at the tip of the Indian Ocean, its large production of armaments, and its huge armed forces played a decisive role in halting progress of Imperial Japan in the South-East Asian theatre.” – Wikipedia
© Korto Photography 2013
Model: Anton Khlopotov of BMG MODELS,
Makeup Stylist: Deanna Bajorek (www.deannaraeartistry.com),
Hairstylist: Chelsi Savage,
Wardrobe Styling: Igancio Maldonado,
Designer: Horacio Nieto (www.horacionieto.com),
Photographer: Allison Kortokrax of Korto Photography
মেঘের পাহাড় কেটে বৃষ্টিরা নেমে আসে,
পাখির জানালা বেয়ে হিজলের হাত ধরে
নদী আর মাছের দুয়ারে,
মায়ের কোলের মেয়ের কাজলের চোখ ফুটে,
কদম ফুলের রেনু ভিজে যায়...... শুধু ভিজে যায়...
আকাশের পার ভাঙ্গে মেঘের দুকূল ভাসে ,
বেদেণীর ডাগর শরীর ভিজে যায় .....শুধু ভিজে যায়...
(collected)
When you think a large adult elephant can die from a cobra bite within an hour, this is silly. But they do it for a living and they take enormous / tremendous risks every day for a few bucks (F1 drivers earn a few bucks per second...)
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This one was taken in Marrakech on the main square called Jemaa el-Flnaa. Depending on the time of day it's filled with snakecharmers, food stalls, magicians, dancers, storytellers and pickpockets. Hold on to your belongings but don't forget to enjoy this crazy atmosphere.
The title means "The Education of a Snake"; the girl on the left is clearly a charmer. (Please feel free to fill in the rest of the joke yourself.)
The colorization came out quite vividly, although there were one or two areas that required retouching.
The original version of this image is taken from the book Le Panorama Salon, 1900, scanned in high resolution and uploaded in 2016 by Flickr user janwillemsen at this page. I have performed the same type of de-screening, conversion to monochrome, and general cleanup on this images as I would on an Internet Archive image. I have also - as usual - produced a colorized version using Deep AI Image Colorization API.
Unfortunately the original book doesn't seem to have been uploaded to IA - at least not yet - so I'm grateful to janwillemsen for releasing his scan under a Creative Commons Licence. If you like this picture please go to his pages and drop him a like or two.
Digital ID: 88436. Zangaki -- Photographer. 1860s-1920s
Source: [Photographs and prints of Egypt and Syria.] (more info)
Repository: The New York Public Library. Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs.
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Sorry to hear of the passing of the great folk rock guitarist and singer-songwriter, Michael Chapman, who I last saw here at Rockin' the Park, Clumber Park, near Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, on 16 August 2013. He was part of an otherwise rock lineup comprising Snakecharmer, Caravan, Asia and Family.
Digital ID: 88437. Zangaki -- Photographer. 1860s-1920s
Source: [Photographs and prints of Egypt and Syria.] (more info)
Repository: The New York Public Library. Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs.
See more information about this image and others at NYPL Digital Gallery.
Persistent URL: digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?88437
Rights Info: No known copyright restrictions; may be subject to third party rights (for more information, click here)
The title means "The Education of a Snake"; the girl on the left is clearly a charmer. (Please feel free to fill in the rest of the joke yourself.)
I have previously posted both black and white and AI colorized versions of this image, but this is a slightly cropped amalgam of the cleaned-up black and white image, and a vintage colour print version that I recently found online. The colours in the print may have been added by a colourist who didn't have the original painting to work from, and therefore may not match the original colours.
The most obvious differences are that in the colorized version the forest is green, while the print supplies it with mostly autumnal colours, matching the girls' now strikingly red hair.
The original image is taken from the book Le Panorama Salon, 1900, scanned in high resolution and uploaded in 2016 by Flickr user janwillemsen at this page. I have performed the same type of de-screening, conversion to monochrome, and general cleanup on this image as I would on an Internet Archive image.
Unfortunately the original book doesn't seem to have been uploaded to IA - at least not yet - so I'm grateful to janwillemsen for releasing them under a Creative Commons licence. If you like these pictures please go to his pages and drop him a like or two.
Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2012
An instinct, no one have to learn.
An emotion, everyone keep inside.
A world , no one wants to live.
An element, everyone keep distance.
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Mi amiga María está trabajando por unos días en la India...
María, dice Danbo que si no vuelves, él está preparado para ir a buscarte.
Inspired by the links on my watch band I came up with this pattern design I call Squanection. I used it on my "Disjointed" digital tangle and "SnakeCharmer" inked page.
How-to video on RainbowElephant.com blog.
Jamaa el Fna (Arabic: ساحة جامع الفناء saaHat jamaaʻ al-fanâʼ, also Jemaa el-Fnaa, Djema el-Fna or Djemaa el-Fnaa) is a square and market place in Marrakesh's medina quarter (old city). It remains the main square of Marrakesh, used by locals and tourists.
The origin of its name is unclear: Jemaa means "congregation" in Arabic, probably referring to a destroyed Almoravid mosque. "Fanâʼ" or "finâ'" can mean "death" or "a courtyard, space in front of a building." Thus, one meaning could be "The assembly of death," or "The Mosque at the End of the World". Another explanation is that it refers to a mosque with a distinctive courtyard or square in front of it. A third translation is "assembly of the dead", referring to public executions on the plaza around 1050 AD.
Marrakesh was founded by the Almoravids 1070-1072. After a destructive struggle, it was falling to the Almohads in 1147. Following this, Jamaa el-Fna was renovated along with much of the city. The city walls were also extended by Abou Yacoub Youssef and particularly by Yacoub el Mansour from 1147-1158. The surrounding mosque, palace, hospital, parade ground and gardens around the edges of the marketplace were also overhauled, and the Kasbah was fortified. Subsequently, with the fortunes of the city, Jamaa el Fna saw periods of decline and also renewal.
During the day it is predominantly occupied by orange juice stalls, water sellers with traditional leather water-bags and brass cups, youths with chained Barbary apes and snake charmers despite the protected status of these species under Moroccan law.
As the day progresses, the entertainment on offer changes: the snake charmers depart, and late in the day the square becomes more crowded, with Chleuh dancing-boys (it would be against custom for girls to provide such entertainment), story-tellers (telling their tales in Berber or Arabic, to an audience of locals), magicians, and peddlers of traditional medicines. As darkness falls, the square fills with dozens of food-stalls as the number of people on the square peaks.
The square is edged along one side by the Marrakesh souk, a traditional North African market catering both for the common daily needs of the locals, and for the tourist trade. On other sides are hotels and gardens and cafe terraces, and narrow streets lead into the alleys of the medina quarter.
Once a bus station, the place was closed to vehicle traffic in the early 2000s. The authorities are well aware of its importance to the tourist trade, and a strong but discreet police presence ensures the safety of visitors.
Perhaps, a bit over saturated?
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Astounding Science Fiction / Magazin-Reihe
- Raymond F. Jones / Noise Level • [Martin Nagle]
(Art: H. R. Van Dongen)
Street & Smith Publications
(New York/USA) December 1952
ex libris MTP
During the long traveling hours, the comings and goings never cease in second and general class carriages. Vendors selling all kinds of things from food to toys and colourful gadgets. Street kids in rags crawling on the floors picking rubbish. Musicians and singers. Hijras (eunuchs) as well as the occasional snake charmer.
Here, between Bharatpur (Rajasthan) and Varanasi. 2005
Jaipur, India a a snake charmer raises a snake from a basket, he is wearing a bright yellow shirt that isolates him from the background, The cobra is sharp in the foreground whilst the man is slightly soft. This is one way to earn a living, only the brave and remarkable need apply.
" Son of Snake Charmer "
The Pushkar Fair (Pushkar Camel Fair) or locally Pushkar ka Mela, is the annual five-day camel and livestock fair, held in the town of Pushkar in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is one of the world's largest camel fairs, and apart from buying and selling of livestock it has become an important tourist attraction and its highlights have become competitions such as the "matka phod", "longest moustache", and "bridal competition" are the main draws for this fair which attracts thousands of tourists. In recent years the fair has also included an exhibition cricket match between the local Pushkar club and a team of random foreign tourists. The Imperial Gazetteer of India, mentions an attendance of 100,000 pilgrims in early 1900s