Pungi of Murli is surely meant to put someone in half conscious state, but not just set back a snake in typical bag or case. In fact, Murli is same musical instrument played by Jogis or cobra charmers which needs round mouthful of air for playing. The melody of Murli is high and thin in tone or a continuous low humming sound and almost fast tone for tune or melody. Pungi is constructed from a solid cover of coconut by fitting piece of bamboo in it. Pungi is particularly played by snake charmers to involve snakes for dancing mostly in Terai
Yu (wind instrument) Yu (wind instrument) The Yu (竽; pinyin: yú) was a free reed wind instrument used in ancient China. It was similar to the sheng, with multiple bamboo pipes fixed in a wind chest which may have been made of bamboo, wood, or a gourd. Each pipe contained a free reed, which was also made of bamboo. Whereas the sheng was used to provide simultaneous tones in harmony (in fourths and fifths), the "yu" was played in single lines melodically. The instrument was used, often in large numbers, in court orchestras of ancient China (and was also exported to Korea and