It is ironic that in medieval times the church discouraged the pranks of the Skomorokhi, ? minstrels that doubled as buffoons and acrobats ? but that is what he is.? ?Neither he nor you nor your father made it seem like a joke.? .... This one had its origins as a village of serfs on a petty nobleman's estate. But the territory was long ago ceded to a monastery in an area rich in ancient monasteries. Lying near the old road between Tikhvin and Zelenets Monasteries, ...
The skomorokhi. Wednesday. 12 September. Russian folk theatre. Pagan Rituals of life cycle and the agricultural year. Puppet theatre. The rayok. Friday. 14 September. Christian origins of Russian theatre. The vertep. The furnace play. ...
The skomorokhi. Wednesday. 12 September. Russian folk theatre. Pagan Rituals of life cycle and the agricultural year. Puppet theatre. The rayok. Friday. 14 September. Christian origins of Russian theatre. The vertep. The furnace play. ...
