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Indian village, where kids from age of 2 are taught to handle snakes

New Delhi:  In southern Gujarat,  is a nomadic tribe called Vadi, where children at the age of two are taught to become snake charmers. This amazing tribe take great pride in their association with the

India TV News Desk Updated on: December 17, 2012 8:45 IST


It's the one classroom where everyone's paying attention at the back. Training for these children begins at the age of two and All Vadi children complete a ten-year initiation ritual that culminates in the boys becoming fully-fledged performing snake charmers.



At twelve,  the children will know everything that they can know about snakes. They are then ready to continue the traditions of the Vadi tribe.







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