Snake Charmer - Tangier Morocco
by Sharon Mick
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Title
Snake Charmer - Tangier Morocco
Artist
Sharon Mick
Medium
Painting - Watercolor
Description
This is a Snake Charmer from Tangier Morocco.
It is in these colorful market streets of the old medina that the visitor will be able to witness Snake Charmers seemingly hypnotizing their snakes with music. Once a stereotypical character in Moroccan markets, snake charming is in danger of dying out. Snake charmers originally sought to teach people to revere snakes rather than fear them. Charmers or healers as they were known were often called in to remove snakes from people’s homes and were respected for their healing abilities and ease with which they handled the serpents.
Dressed in traditional attire, long hair wrapped in a turban and basket of snakes at his feet, the charmer will set to work. The wailing strain from a tribal or native flute serves to draw in spectators from the market. The snake emerges from the dark basket and begins to sway to the music, seemingly hypnotized. Whether or not you believe in the magical ability of the charmer, witnessing a snake charmer in the fascinating city of Tangier will be long remembered. (remarks taken from: http://www.moroccohotels-direct.com/activity/see-the-snake-charmers-in-the-city-of-tangier
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May 1st, 2012
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