Watch Video of ‘Live Cobra’ baarat dance in Mayurbhanj

The Forest Department has immediately detained five persons, including a snake charmer, for their involvement in the offence.

Insight Bureau: Recently a video went viral in which participants of a marriage procession were seen dancing with a cobra in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district on Wednesday night.

The Forest Department has immediately arrested five persons, including a snake charmer, for their involvement in the offence. Strict action would be taken against the accused as they have violated the wildlife norms, an official said.

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According to reports, the procession organisers had hired the snake charmer for displaying the reptile during a ‘Nagin Dance’ by the baaratis in the Karanjia town of Mayurbhanj.

 

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