skomorokh russian

• скоморо́х

  skomorokh, itinerant minstrel, jester, mountebank

  buffoon, clown, joker

• скоморо́шество

  buffoonery, clowning, tomfoolery

  being a skomorokh, minstrelsy of the skomorokhs

Examples

• На площади выступал весёлый скоморох.

  A cheerful skomorokh was performing in the square.

• Скоморохи развлекали народ песнями и шутками.

  Skomorokhi entertained the people with songs and jokes.

• В старину скоморох ходил по деревням.

  In olden times, a skomorokh would travel from village to village.

• Скоморошество на Руси было народным искусством.

  Skomorokh performance was a folk art in medieval Rus'.