Editing Street performance (section)

{{short description|Performing in public places for gratuities}}
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[[File:One-man band street performer - 5.jpg|thumb|215px|Jeff Masin, a [[one-man band]] in New York City]]
'''Street performance''' or '''busking''' is the act of performing in public places for [[gratuity|gratuities]]. In many countries, the rewards are generally in the form of money but other gratuities such as food, drink or gifts may be given. Street performance is practiced all over the world and dates back to [[ancient history|antiquity]]. People engaging in this practice are called '''street performers''' or '''buskers'''. ''Buskers'' is not a term generally used in American English.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/busker "Busker"] ''Merriam-Webster Dictionary''. Quote: "chiefly British"</ref><ref>[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/busker "Busker"] ''Cambridge Dictionary''. Quote: "mainly UK"</ref>

Performances are anything that people find [[entertainment|entertaining]], including [[acrobatics]], [[Animal training|animal tricks]], [[balloon modelling|balloon twisting]], [[caricature]]s, [[clown]]ing, [[comedy]], [[contortion]]s, [[escapology]], [[dance]], [[singing]], [[Fire performance|fire skills]], [[flea circus]], [[fortune-telling]], [[juggling]], [[magic (illusion)|magic]], [[mime artist|mime]], [[living statue]], [[music]]al performance, [[one man band]], [[puppeteer]]ing, [[snake charming]], [[storytelling]] or reciting [[poetry]] or [[prose]], [[street art]] such as [[sketch (drawing)|sketching]] and painting, [[street theatre]], [[sword swallowing]], [[ventriloquism]], [[weightlifting]] and [[Washboard (musical instrument)|washboarding]]. Buskers may be solo performers or small groups.