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What does it mean to shuffle cards in India?

It is said that the Indian shuffling method was invented because Indians were not familiar with the shuffling method of western cards at first. Later, it was introduced to the west, and magicians found that this shuffling method was very conducive to performing magic, so they adopted this method. In fact, it is also a very useful and important introductory skill. Please note: although the action is simple, it is still difficult to describe it in words, so please read it carefully and don't miss any sentence. ) The method is as follows: 1. Hold both sides of the back end of the card with your right hand, middle finger and thumb, with the card face down.

2. Put the front end of the card into your left hand, and hold the two sides of the front of the card with the middle finger, ring finger, little finger and thumb of your left hand, with the index finger facing the front end of the card.

3. Draw a stack of cards backwards from the lower part of the cards with the fingers of the right hand (as needed).

4. Put the drawn stack of cards on top of the left hand card. The left hand immediately loosens the original remaining cards and lets them fall into the palm of the left hand. Then, grab the stack of cards handed by your right hand with your empty fingers as before.

5. In the same way as step (3), draw another stack of cards from the lower part of the stack held by the fingers of the left hand and put it on the top of the left hand. At the same time, let the fingers of the left hand relax, let the remaining cards fall, and then grab the stack of cards handed by the right hand.

6. Repeat this until all the cards fall into the palm of your left hand, and then pick up all the cards with your right hand, just like the previous methods (1) to (5), and repeat once or twice. 7. This is the "Indian Shuffle Law". I believe you can practice very skillfully in less than half an hour.