How to snake dance


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It seems like ever since Britney Spears danced with an albino python at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards, dancing with a snake has grown more popular than ever. Although snake dancing (no not the Axel Rose version) is not a new practice, it is unclear exactly where it is derived from. And even though it is most often done with belly dancing moves, most experts agree that snake dancing does not have Middle Eastern origins of any kind. There is evidence of snake charming dating back to Ancient Egypt, where charmers were traditionally viewed as magicians and healers. However this type of snake charming differs from modern-day charming in India, which is believed to have a more religious influence, seeing as Hinduism holds serpents to be sacred animals. Historically Indian snake charmers were believed to be holy men with godlike powers. From India snake handling spread throughout North Africa and Southeast Asia, but due to new legislation it has since dwindled in the latter part of the 20th century. Additionally, there is some belief that the practice extended from Native American traditions, specifically that of the Hopi tribe, whose snake dance involved performers dancing with snakes in their mouths and around their necks.

Regardless of how it came to being, modern snake dancing is often seen as sexy, sinful, and salacious. Throughout history snakes have been viewed as evil, powerful, and mystical creatures. Thus handling or dancing with one is often seen as a taboo. And that’s exactly why you wanna try it right? Below we explore the top tips you need to know before shakin it with that serpent.

1. Be in shape: A 12 foot python can weigh more than 50 lbs and smaller snakes can still pack a huge weight. Depending on the size of your snake, you must be sure you can lift heavy weights for a long period of time.

2. Don’t dance with a shedding/pre-shedding snake: When snakes enter a shedding stage they are blind and irritable, and anything you do with them could aggravate them even further and make them prone to biting.

3. Wear a simple costume: Wear a simple costume meaning minimal jewelry, which the snake can get entangled in, no sequins, which can catch on the snakes scales and rip off, no long strands, which can also be torn off, and no bright or contrasting colors, which can clash with the colors of the snake and make it harder to see.

4. Don’t feed your snake before performing: Feeding your snake before performing can lead to onstage vomiting and pooping. Plus a snake that is a little hungry is usually more active and interesting on stage.

5. Make sure the environment is warm enough: Snakes are cold-blooded, meaning their body temperature changes with the surround environment. They enjoy warmth so try to keep them warm before taking them onstage and make sure the surroundings are not too frigid.

6. Make sure your body/hands are clean: You must make sure any food residue or smells are washed off your hands and body because you don’t want your snake smelling you and thinking that you are its food.

7. Handle your snake frequently: Handling your snake frequently before performing with them makes them more used to you, and thus more comfortable and agreeable when you are dancing with them.

8. Be comfortable with the snake: You must like snakes and be comfortable with snakes in order to dance with them. Like many other animals, snakes feed off energy, and if you are nervous or scared the snake will be too and act accordingly.

9. The snake is the star of the show: Do not force your snake to do a certain routine or moves. Your snake will do what it wants and you as the dancer must coordinate your routine in reaction to its movements. In other words, the snake leads and you follow.

10. Keep your moves slow and smooth: Snakes do not like fast or sudden movements like dips or spins. Keep them around your upper body and dance with your lower body, keeping your movements as fluid and controlled as possible.

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    Charmers: how to make a snake dance.

    Author: Anna Alleyn 04/22/2021 | art, india, culture

    The magical snake dance to the beat of the flute, often described in oriental fairy tales and depicted in films, is not just an invention, but a real symbol of these countries. In Egypt, India, African countries and some other states, creepers are tamed and they make spectacular fun out of it ...

    There is a reptile charmer profession here, which is considered almost the most amazing on Earth. What is this mysterious craft, whose masters always balance on the verge of life and death?

    Snake charmers, also known as fakirs or bede, are one of the symbols of colorful and original India. But this profession arose in ancient Egypt. In our time, it is considered to be disappearing - the number of modern masters is hardly a million people. And once their work was a cult occupation...

    Due to the peculiarities of the climate in hot countries, there are a lot of these types of reptiles. They are found almost at every step and can crawl into houses. Therefore, since ancient times, snake charmers have been respected and necessary specialists. People, for example, turned to them to rid their homes of these dangerous guests. Over time, the craft of "taming reptiles" developed into a spectacular art. And now, tourists greedy for the exotic are ready to generously pay for such performances. Photo staticflickr.com

    In the village of Hadaitala (it is located a hundred kilometers from Calcutta), even the Conference of snake charmers is held annually. Thus, they revere the Hindu patron goddess of snakes - Manas. The program includes extraordinary numbers: snakes wrapping around the bodies of fakirs, squeezing and swallowing poison from the snake's tongue and, of course, traditional steps to the sounds of a flute.

    Fakirs pass on the traditions of their craft from generation to generation. For example, in India to this day there are entire villages of hereditary troubles, for example, the village of Separagon. There, each family kept about five snakes. And only recently in India came into force a law on the protection of wildlife, which prohibits hunting and keeping this species in captivity. Therefore, now the fakirs have a hard time. But this is partly for good, because the "art of managing snakes" has nothing to do with either training or mysticism. It is based on sometimes animal cruelty and dirty tricks.

    The snake dance is not an art, but rather a training, sometimes quite cruel. There are several ways to make a snake squirm to the beat of the music.

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    A snake charmer can train an animal by beating it with a flute. He catches a snake, put it in a wicker basket, which becomes her lifelong prison. During training, he hits the container and opens its lid - the snake, excited and annoyed by the sounds of the instrument, crawls out of it in the hope of getting out into the wild, but gets hit on the head. And so with every movement. As a result: during the performance, the unfortunate animal simply tries to avoid the flute in the hands of the fakir.

    Skilled spellcasters can create the illusion of a reptile dance even with a freshly caught snake. The most skillful Bede demonstrate this by drawing snakes out of their burrows to the public. Here the secret is in knowing the characteristics of their character and physiology, as well as the agility and attentiveness of the caster. Snakes have almost no hearing by nature, so the music itself does not affect them in any way. But they are endowed with a special sensitivity of the skin - it is susceptible to air vibrations, so that the reptile can protect itself if someone approaches it. These vibrations are created, for example, from footsteps on the ground. So the sounds of the flute, creating such vibrations, excite the snake. At the same time, during the performance, the snake follows the movements of the fakir's hand. This is precisely his talent - the snake, disturbed by the sounds of the flute, is set to defend itself, but the movements of the hand of a skilled fakir confuse it - so, preparing for an attack, the reptile carefully follows the rhythmic movements. This monotony exhausts the animal and, in the end, introduces it into a state of drowsiness.

    But the most important and terrible thing is the removal of poison from snakes. This can be achieved in several ways: pulling out poisonous teeth from a snake; before the performance, force the snake to bite the fabric - this way its poisonous sacs are emptied.

    This is a long and exhausting occupation, both for the animal and the fakir, but it gives a short-term effect - the sacs are soon filled with new poison; but, the most cruel go further - and sew up the snake's mouth with an ordinary thread and needle. As a result, the threads are not visible, the snake’s tongue can stick out, but it doesn’t bite - ideal for a spectacle. But as a result, the snake dies of starvation.
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    In order to protect themselves, spellcasters use other tricks. They vaccinate themselves against a snake bite - however, it does not give one hundred percent protection. Or they lubricate the body with snake fat - in this way they seem to acquire a specific snake smell and are perceived by them as their own.

    The most famous representative of this profession, Sheikh Moussa from Luxor, has become a real legend in our time. Moussa was famous for his amazing stunts. For example, the cobras that he “conjured” gradually approached him and dutifully laid their heads right on the palm of their hand. Then he put them in a circle outlined in the sand, and the animals remained there until the Shaykh allowed him to leave. But, ironically, despite such amazing skills, Moussa eventually died from the bite of one of these reptiles ...

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    It's time to admit the obvious: despite the fact that nature has endowed our women with the most beautiful appearance in the world, the skills of sexuality we are simply deprived. Not a gift, but a skill.
    One can argue for a long time that sexuality is an innate quality, and it either exists or it does not. But, it is worth looking around (best of all in the direction of the East) and it becomes clear: there are no non-sexual women in Russia - there are undereducated ones. And then there is the politics of society, which for centuries contributed to the loss of this quality.

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    Meanwhile, in the East, a woman's main attention is focused inside herself and her relationship with her man.

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    Russian women don’t even have what Europeans have: neither Latin American dance culture, nor the phenomenal ability of French women to please themselves in small things, not a single national dance, such as tango or flamenco, that would contribute to . ..

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    Seek and absorb the best that others have. And now we are smoothly returning to the topic of today's conversation - the Snake Dance.

    In fairness, it must be said that in its purest form, the snake dance is a cult action that was common in many tribes in various parts of the world, up to Australia. The meaning and pattern of the dance varied, but always and everywhere they were associated with the magic of the female body and phallic symbolism.
    We are also interested in modern options.

    Today, if a woman thinks about expressing her sexuality through dancing, she most often chooses modern jazz, strip plastic or bellydance.
    Bellydance, of course, is beyond competition, and it was he who inextricably merged with the snake dance. Today, on stage and in dance schools, there is a mixture of traditional bellydance technique and characteristic movements that imitate the behavior of snakes. Living "attributes" also participate in the dance.

    There are two different directions.

    Snake dance
    The first is when you learn how to dance like a graceful reptile. The specific plasticity of the arms and body turns you into a snake woman. At first you try to imitate the characteristic snake movements, and then you suddenly notice that they are so natural for a woman, exciting and inviting, that the body becomes smooth and flowing, beautiful and seductive, flexible and attractive.

    The magic of the snake dance extends to both the performer and the audience. Classical belly dancing is much less erotic. By mixing the "serpentine" technique with the traditional movements of bellydance, you perform the very magical ritual that hypnotizes men and deifies the dancer herself in their eyes.

    A side effect of the skills of such dancing is the liberation of the body and the explosion of sexuality, not only on the dance floor: the style of a woman's behavior in everyday life, oddly enough, after a completely different awareness of her own body, its beauty and magic, the attitude towards a man also changes, and relationships in general.

    Snake Dance
    The second option is more extreme - when a live snake directly participates in a female oriental dance. Most often, it is a python, which can reach 2.5-3 meters.
    Of course, most of us are unlikely to dare to dance with such a partner; at the very least, courage and sympathy for snakes are required.

    And you also need a lot of experience in communicating with these mysterious creatures and great skill as a dancer. After all, according to the performers, each snake has its own character, and they do not tolerate coercion. Some dance with pleasure, others refuse to participate in the dance. Since snakes do not have hearing organs, they simply feel the vibration of music with their skin and move in accordance with their desires. Some pythons themselves "lead" the dancer, while others allow themselves to be "guided".

    The dance with the snake is interesting in that it is always improvisation, because it is impossible to force a python to perform the same movements and establish their order, having thought over the dance pattern in advance.


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