Colombia: Little Big Top by Paul Smith

Karen, the daughter of the owners of Sombrillita Circus, runs through her contortion routine as July, the girlfriend of one of the circus clowns, models behind her. Around a dozen small circuses wander the poorer neighbourhoods around the city of Medellin putting on performances in what can be a hand to mouth existence. Despite falling audience numbers, new health and safety regulations and other bureaucracy these small family businesses, many of whom have existed for generations, still...
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Karen, the daughter of the owners of Sombrillita Circus, runs through her contortion routine as July, the girlfriend of one of the circus clowns, models behind her. Around a dozen small circuses wander the poorer neighbourhoods around the city of Medellin putting on performances in what can be a hand to mouth existence. Despite falling audience numbers, new health and safety regulations and other bureaucracy these small family businesses, many of whom have existed for generations, still scrape a living in a world where the people are more accustomed to being entertained by soap operas than by live entertainment..
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