The Rainbow Snake

Orchestration: 3(pic)(2afl).+ pic.3+ca.3+bcl.3+cbn/6.4.4.1/timp.perc/hp/pf/str THE RAINBOW SNAKE is an Indian legend about how the rainbow came into being. It is said that a snake heard the Indians grieving over a very long drought and the unfruitfulness of the land, so it wound itself into a ball and wasthrown high into the air. It unwound itself again and grew longer and longer until b And since then - every time it rains while the sun is shining - the snake has stretched its supple body across the sky.