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| Sideshow |
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In America, a sideshow is an extra, secondary production associated with a circus, carnival, fair or other such attraction.
There are four main types of classic sideshow attractions:
The "Ten-in-One" offers a program of ten sequential acts under one...
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A tattoo is a marking made by inserting indelible ink into the layers of skin to change the pigment for decorative or other reasons. Tattoos on humans are a type of decorative body modification, while tattoos on animals are most commonly used for...
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| Body modification |
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Body modification (or body alteration) is the deliberate altering of the human body for non-medical reasons, such as sexual enhancement, a rite of passage, aesthetic reasons, denoting affiliation, trust and loyalty, religious reasons, shock value,...
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| Freak show |
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A freak show is an exhibition of rarities, "freaks of nature" — such as unusually tall or short humans, and people with both male and female secondary sexual characteristics or other extraordinary diseases and conditions — and performances that are...
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| Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus |
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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus was started when the circus created by James Anthony Bailey and P. T. Barnum was merged with the Ringling Brothers Circus. The Ringling brothers purchased the Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1907, but ran the...
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| Pinto Colvig |
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Vance DeBar "Pinto" Colvig (September 11, 1892 – October 3, 1967) was a vaudeville actor, radio actor, newspaper cartoonist, prolific movie voice actor, and circus performer whose schtick was playing clarinet off-key while mugging.
Colvig was born...
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| Ringling Brothers Circus |
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The Ringling Brothers Circus was a circus founded in the United States in 1884. Ringling Brothers Circus acquired the Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1907 to become "Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus, the Greatest Show on Earth."
The Circus was...
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| Bearded Lady |
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A bearded lady or bearded woman is a woman who has a visible beard. These women have long been a phenomenon of legend, curiosity, ridicule, and more recently, political statement and fashion statement.
A small number of women are able to grow enough...
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| Jim Rose Circus |
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The Jim Rose Circus is a modern-day version of a circus sideshow. It was founded in Seattle by Jim Rose in the early 1990s. The sideshow came to prominence as a second stage show at the 1992 Lollapalooza festival, then called the Jim Rose Circus...
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| Sword swallowing |
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Sword swallowing is an ancient performance art in which the performer passes a sword through the mouth and down the esophagus towards the stomach. This feat is obviously not swallowing in the traditional sense; the natural processes that constitute...
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| Strongman |
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In the 19th century, the term strongman referred to an exhibitor of strength (before strength sports were codified into weightlifting, powerlifting etc., becoming actual athletic competitions) or circus performers of similar ilk who displayed feats...
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Paul Lawrence |
The Enigma, born Paul Lawrence, is a sideshow performer, actor and musician, who has undergone extensive body modification, including horn implants, ear reshaping, multiple body piercings, and a full-body jigsaw-puzzle tattoo. His tattooing process...
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| Tarot reading |
Tarot Reading describes the use of Tarot cards for the purposes of fortune-telling,divination, occultism, mysticism, meditation, introspection, and brainstorming.
There are many different theories as to the true origin of the Tarot deck, but the...
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