Worm charmers hammer wooden stakes into the ground, then rub them with metal slabs.
There are fairs with snake charmers, puppeteers, acrobats and folk performers.
Despite the existence of snake charmers, there have also been professional snake catchers or wranglers.
Most would-be charmers thus begin learning the practice at a young age from their fathers.
Beginning in the late 1990s, however, animal-rights groups convinced the government to enforce the law with regard to snake charmers as well.
In previous eras, snake charming was often the charmer's only source of income.
Charmers cover these containers with cloths between performances.
Snake charmers, acrobats, magicians, mystics, musicians, monkey trainers, herb sellers, story-tellers, dentists, pickpockets, and entertainers in medieval garb still populate the square.
