The Kalbeliyas are a renowned dance performer group belonging to Rajasthan, North India and are majorly settled in different parts of other states of Indian Subcontinent. Despite the creation of the Kalbeliya (Kalbeliya) dance form in the 1980s, it was recognized as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage in 2010 predominantly. Their tradition occupation is snake charming and until 50years ago they were nomadic and presently they have adopted a sedentary lifestyle. In the recent times, the Kalbeliyas are also well-known dancing performers in the state of Rajasthan. The Kalbeliyas are Cultural Hindus and practice snake worship. It will be argued in fact that, even if in the past few years, the meaning and the content of Kalbeliya service nomadism have been going through a deep transformation which can be considered to be mainly a creative answer to a whole string of significant social changes occurring in Indian and Rajasthani society, Kalbeliyas' new occupational profile entails new forms of spatial mobility. If spatial mobility is proving to be a meaningless economic strategy as far as snake charming and begging is concerned, it is in fact yet highly effective with regard to the new professional identity of the caste. This paper aims to explain the reason for their identity loss and livelihood difficulties after the promulgations of Animal protection act.
