Ernie Janes / Snake charmer entertaining a small crowd. Marakesh, Morocco, March.

Pete Oxford / Snake charmer's African puff-adder (Bitis arietans arietans) Djemaa el-Fna (the square), Marrakech, Morocco, June 2009

Pete Oxford / Snake charmer's Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) Djemaa el-Fna (the square), Marrakech, Morocco, June 2009

John Downer / Snake Charmer with trained Asian cobra (Naja naja) Rajasthan, India

Vivek Menon / Captive Asian cobras (Naja naja) trained for tourism snake charmer displays, New Delhi, India

Pete Oxford / Traditional Snake charmer with cobra with raised hood, Kandy, Sri Lanka

Nigel Marven / Man with trained Cobra snake, annual snake festival in Shirala, Maharashtra, India

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Spectacled Cobra (Naja naja) with snake charmer, India

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Spectacled Cobra (Naja naja) with snake charmer, India

Ashok Jain / Snake Charmer with cobra snakes. Delhi, India

Cyril Ruoso / Snake charmer inside the city palace, Jaipur, India

Winfried Wisniewski / Cobra (Naja sp) with snake charmer, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India