Verteps

During the holiday season in Ukraine, which, by some accounts, lasts a month and a half (vid Romana do Jurdana), performance troops wander about. They dress as characters from the manger scene of Jesus’ birth and either sing carols or do performances.

Here’s one particularly absurd one which apparently took place in the office of Ivano-Frankivsk’s mayor:

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