Pungi
The pungi is the clarinet of the snake charmers Indian.
Stringed-instrument trade
The case of resonance is a gourd bored at the ends to let pass two or three pieces of bamboo, one two comprising the holes of play. At the entry of the gourd, inside, a simple hip is fixed, and it is only after its passage, that the air is separate between the bumblebees and the " chanter" , the pipe of play. The instrument is very decorated and can reach 80 cm length. It is a kind of primitive Cornemuse, whose bag is formed of the lungs and the mouth of the musician. She is played with a continuous Souffle, consisting in aspiring air at the same time as one expires.
Play
One plays about it upright, sitted, but especially squatted, very close to the snakes with " charmer" ; deaf snakes being, but sensitive to the vibrations. Only a Caste only formed musicians, the will sap ( sâp snake), are authorized to play about it.
The played music folk or is inspired by popular films, and in particular by Nagîn , which tells the history of a player of pungi.
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