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 Irma Bule dies 45 minutes after getting bitten on stage by a cobra 
 
 Published 4:31 PM, April 06, 2016 
 
 JAKARTA, Indonesia – Irma Bule, an Indonesian singer, died on Sunday, April 3, after she was bitten by a Cobra on stage while performing. Bule kept on singing before she finally succumbed to the venom from the bite. 
 
 
 
 Bule, a 29-year-old artist, is known to interact with snakes and wear them around her neck while dancing on stage. 
 
 On Sunday night, Bule appeared on stage with a King Cobra during her performance in a village in Karawang, West Java. 
 
 The King Cobra however, was not defanged. After Bule sang one song, she accidentally stepped on the cobra, which then bit her leg. 
 
 "The accident happened while in the middle of the second song when Irma stepped on the snake' s tail. The snake then bit Irma on her thigh,'' audience member Ferlando Octavion Auzura, told local media. 
 
 Rather than screaming, Bule kept singing and even refused the antidote from the snake handler. But the witness said that after 45 minutes, she started vomitting and having seizures. 
 
 Police said they are still gathering information from the audience to investigate the incident. 
 
 
 
 The founder of Tulala Snake Research Center, Lydia Apririasari, told Rappler that dancing with snakes is very common in Indonesia, especially in villages. But instead of dancing with King Cobra, she suggested to dance with Elaphe flavolineata, Elaphe radiata or Gonyosoma oxychepala which are not venomous if it is really necessary. 
 
 Apririasari explained that the reason the bite took longer to kill Bule is that it was not close to the singer's heart so there was not an immediate effect.Commenting on the incident, she said that every snake would bite or attack people if they feel sick or threatened. She emphasized that dancing with a King Cobra is very dangerous. 
 
 "The cobra can kill an adult elephant and consume up to 1000 kg in 2 hours, let alone a singer who maybe weighs less than 60 kgs," she said. – Rappler.com 

 Footage from a previous Irma Bule show, in which she danced with pythons. 
 
 Dangdut music is so popular in Indonesia that many artists employ gimmicks in their act to stand out from the rest. Unfortunately, dangdut singer Irma Bule’s deadly gimmick, combined with her dedication to showmanship, led to her untimely death. 
 
 On Sunday evening, the 29-year-old was performing at a village in Karawang, West Java. Irma, who’s known to dance with snakes on stage as part of her act, then brought a king cobra – still venomous and not defanged – up on stage. 
 
 “In the middle of the second song, Irma stepped on the snake’s tail. The snake then bit Irma in her thigh,” said witness Ferlando Octavion Auzura, as quoted by Merdeka yesterday. 
 
 Rather than seek immediate medical attention, Irma soldiered on and resumed singing on stage. Witnesses say she initially didn’t look too affected by the bite and even refused an antidote from the snake handler. 
 
 “The effects were felt 45 minutes after the bite. She vomited, had seizures, and her body seized,” Ferlando said. 
 
 Irma was then taken to a nearby hospital but unfortunately passed away soon after arrival. 
 
 Update: This newly uploaded amateur video shows the moment the king cobra bit Irma Bule and latched on to her for a while. A snake handler is seen pulling the snake away after some time. 

 Indonesian pop singer Irma Bule died this week after being bitten by a snake used as an on-stage prop during a live performance on Sunday. 
 
 "The accident happened in the middle of the second song when Irma stepped on the snake's tail," audience member Ferlando Octavion Auzura told local website merdeka.com. 
 
 "The snake then bit Irma on the thigh." 

 A pop star in Indonesia has died after being bitten by a cobra mid-performance on stage. 
 
 Irma Bule astonishingly carried on singing for a further 45 minutes before she collapsed in front of fans. 
 
 The 29-year-old is known for wearing snakes during her acts, but the cobra which she danced with on Sunday had not been defanged. 
 
 It is understood she was bitten after she stood on the snake during the gig in a village in Karawang, West Java. 
 
 Singer Irma Bule after collapsing from the snake bite 
 
 Footage captured the moment the blonde singer was bitten. 
 
 Her body jerks and she momentarily stops dancing, sits down and is attended to on stage by a snake handler. 
 
 "The accident happened in the middle of the second song when Irma stepped on the snake's tail," Ferlando Octavion Auzura, who was in the audience, told local website merdeka.com. 
 
 "The snake then bit Irma on the thigh." 
 
 He said the pop star refused treatment and carried on singing before she started vomiting and collapsed. 
 
 She was taken to hospital where she was later confirmed to have died. 
 
 King cobras are the world's longest venomous snakes and can be more than five metres long. 

 Replying to @nisankubur @nisankubur No She's a rep of cruelty to animals, no wonder she got bit the way she was treating that snake you could see it wanted to leave 

 Indonesian pop star Irma Bule passed away on Sunday, after she was bitten by a king cobra while performing on stage. 
 
 The 29-year-old singer who is famous in Dangdut circles, a genre of Indonesian folk music, is no stranger to daring on-stage antics. Bule's shows usually sees her performing with venomous snakes such as king cobras, and she also includes non-venomous ones like reticulated pythons and boa constrictors, reported Reptiles Magazine. 
 
 Bule was performing at a village in Karawang, West Java in Indonesia, when she was bitten, and continued to sing for another 45 minutes after. 
 
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 According to eye-witnesses, Bule had accidentally stepped on the cobra's tail in the middle of her second song. The snake responded by striking her on the thigh. 
 
 Although the snake handler tried to administer an antivenin jab on her, Bule refused treatment and continued with her performance like nothing happened. 
 
 45 minutes later, Bule started to have seizures and vomited. She was rushed to the hospital but later succumbed to the snake venom and died. 
 
 Netizens have praised Bule posthumously for her showmanship and dedication to her art. 
 
 This Irma Bule chick is intriguing. She's the representation of hard works, dedication and bad risk management. May her soul rest in peace. — Mol M. (@nisankubur) April 5, 2016 
 
 However, some have also called into question her handling of the snakes during her performance, which saw her throwing and kicking the snakes around. 
 
 Irma Bule (wannabe cleopatra) receives the #darwinaward for stupidity & cruelty to reptiles https://t.co/imu4t42Xft — Bob (@thebobnotes) April 6, 2016 
 
 UPDATE: April 14, 2016, 5:42 p.m. SGT Added clarification from Reptiles Magazine. 
 
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– An Indonesian pop star known for dancing with snakes was bitten by a king cobra during a concert on Sunday and kept on singing until she collapsed and later died. Irma Bule, 29—famous in the Dangdut genre of Indonesian folk music, per Mashable—often included pythons, cobras, and boa constrictors in her performances. She even sometimes wore them, reports Sky News. But her act suddenly went wrong in Karawang, West Java, on Sunday. A cobra bit Bule on the thigh when she accidentally stepped on its tail "in the middle of the second song," a witness tells Merdeka.com, per the Telegraph. A video shows Bule jerk as she holds a snake. She then sits down and briefly speaks with the snake handler. However, the witness says she refused an antidote and continued singing for 45 minutes before she began vomiting and collapsed in front of fans. She was pronounced dead at a hospital. A snake expert tells Rappler that Bule would have been able to carry on for some time because the bite was far from her heart. In the end, though, her "deadly gimmick, combined with her dedication to showmanship, led to her untimely death," reports Coconuts Jakarta. While some on social media are praising her work ethic and dedication to her fans, others say she deserves an award for stupidity. The Telegraph notes Bule may have thought the snake was defanged when the performance started. (An opossum might have saved her.)