October 27, 2008
On Saturday, B, D, J, K, and I went to the circus. Bishkek has a
rather awesome looking circus facility - a weird 60s era "futuristic"
construction, located in the center of town - although it does not have its own
circus. The circus building is used for concerts and comedy shows although it
occasionally fulfills its true purpose when the circus comes to town. Signs
plastered all over the city claimed that The Moscow Circus was coming. Now,
I've seen the Moscow Circus, and they are flawless professionals (albeit with
drugged bears). If what we saw was actually affiliated with the Moscow Circus
in any way, they were definitely 10th string. But it was amusing (although the
drugged bears and the drugged kangaroo were depressing - except for when one of
the bears attacked its handler, which sadly, I did not get on camera).
We arrived at the circus to learn that tickets were a little more than we
wanted to spend... then some sketchy middle-aged Kyrgyz woman offered to sell
us scalped tickets for a fraction of the price. Of course we agreed, and of
course they were fake. Well, not so much fake as for the 12:00 show when we
were there to see the 4:00 show. We didn't notice this until we were already
inside... and the three or four different people who checked our tickets never
noticed. Woohoo! Anyway, we were seated far from the action - not good for
photography - but I did take several short videos so you can see the true
absurdity of this spectacle. Enjoy? Maybe.
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