Kalbeliya

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A tribe of Roma from India, of the Dom branch.

[edit] Name

They get their name from the Goddess Kali, and are snakecharmers by tradition. It is where the common image of the snakecharmer from India came to Western culture.

[edit] Customs

As snake experts, they preform their rituals dressed mainly in black, the colour of their Goddess.