The practice of performing in public places for tips and gratuities is known as what?
a. Begging
b. Sponging
c. Busking
d. All of the above
The answer is C, Busking!
People engaging in this practice are called buskers. Buskers may also be known as street performers, street musicians, minstrels or troubadours. Busking performances can be just about anything that people find entertaining: acrobatics, animal tricks, balloon twisting, card tricks, clowning, comedy, contortions & escapes, dance, fire eating, fire breathing, fortune-telling, juggling, magic, mime and a mime variation where the artist performs as a living statue, musical performance, puppeteering, snake charming, storytelling or recite poetry or prose as a bard, street art (sketching and painting, etc.), street theatre, sword swallowing, and even putting on a flea circus. In the USA, busking is protected under the freedom of speech, and about the only reasons that can be used to regulate or ban busking behavior are public safety issues and noise issues. It's not considered begging because these performers are providing a service to those who offer tips.
a. Begging
b. Sponging
c. Busking
d. All of the above
The answer is C, Busking!
People engaging in this practice are called buskers. Buskers may also be known as street performers, street musicians, minstrels or troubadours. Busking performances can be just about anything that people find entertaining: acrobatics, animal tricks, balloon twisting, card tricks, clowning, comedy, contortions & escapes, dance, fire eating, fire breathing, fortune-telling, juggling, magic, mime and a mime variation where the artist performs as a living statue, musical performance, puppeteering, snake charming, storytelling or recite poetry or prose as a bard, street art (sketching and painting, etc.), street theatre, sword swallowing, and even putting on a flea circus. In the USA, busking is protected under the freedom of speech, and about the only reasons that can be used to regulate or ban busking behavior are public safety issues and noise issues. It's not considered begging because these performers are providing a service to those who offer tips.
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