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SNAKE CHARMERS' CRISIS

Are these statements "True" or "False"? Click on BBC NEWS if necessary.

1. In Gujarat, in the past, a dowry was a couple of snakes.
True   False
 
2. As times have changed, a dowry is no longer a couple of snakes.
True    False
 
3. Vadinagar is a village that is well-known for its hand-crafts.
True      False
 
4. Entire families could live on snake charming.
True    False
 
5. The situation is still the same nowadays.
True      False
 
6. The Indian Wildlife Protection Act was passed in 1972.
True     False
 
7. The Indian Wildlife Protection Act was implemented later on.
True   False
 
8. Even if the law was reinforced, snake charmers could still carry on their activity.
True     False
 
9. The snake-charming community is undergoing financial difficulties.
True    False
 
10. Many snake charmers had to change jobs.
True     False
 
11. You can even see snake charmers begging for some money on the streets now.
True    False
 
12. Karsan Nath is the last snake-charmer.
True      False
 
13. Karsan Nath is part of the Bharsan community.
True      False
 
14. The community originally comes from Rajasthan.
True    False
 
15. The community has been settled in India for nineteen generations.
True      False
 
16. Snake charmers from the Nath community used to charm snakes and juggle too.
True     False
 
17. The Nath community is going through a crisis.
True    False
 
18. Karsan Nath sometimes transforms rupee notes into other denominations.
True      False
 
19. Karsan Nath has to feed his cobra with milk and eggs every three days.
True      False
 
20. The Indian Wildlife Protection Act only had negative effects on the Nath community.
True      False
 



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