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Detailed explanation-1: -The pungi is an Indian folk music instrument that is mostly played by cobra charmers in Sindh, Pakistan, and Rajasthan, India. The instrument is made from a dry hollowed gourd with two bamboo attachments. It is also a double-reed instrument. The pungi is played by Jogi in the Thar desert.

Detailed explanation-2: -In today’s India snake charmers are villagers that make a living working as street performers, wandering musicians which try to entertain and amaze people with their flute (pungi) and a couple of dancing cobras.

Detailed explanation-3: -Aurangzeb was a Mughal emperor who ruled India during the 16th century. He had officially prohibited the musical instrument called “pungi” in his palace. He felt the pungi instrument had a piercing, sharp, unpleasant sound and it became the common name for all wind instruments which had reeds.