Skomorokh
Sign in to savethumb|Musicians and skomorokhs. An outline of a fresco from [[Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv, 11th century]] thumb|Skomorokhs in a village, , 1857 A skomorokh (, Russian: , , ) was a medieval East Slavic actor, who could also sing, dance, play musical instruments and compose for oral/musical and dramatic performances. The term has an unclear etymology.
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It is catalogued under topics including 11th-century establishments in Russia, 18th-century disestablishments in Russia and Clowns.
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thumb|Musicians and skomorokhs. An outline of a fresco from [[Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv, 11th century]] thumb|Skomorokhs in a village, , 1857 A skomorokh (, Russian: , , ) was a medieval East Slavic actor, who could also sing, dance, play musical instruments and compose for oral/musical and dramatic performances. The term has an unclear etymology.
== Etymology == The etymology of the word is not completely clear. There are hypotheses that the word is derived from the Greek (cf. , 'joke'); from the Italian ('joker', cf. English scaramouch); from the Arabic ; and many others.
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