The oldest clown in Peru
At 91 years old, Ricardo Farfan is still joking around
Ricardo Farfan puts on his costume ahead of his 91st birthday party, inside his home in Lima, Peru.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) Each morning, Ricardo Farfan takes out a tattered old notebook and reviews page after page of jokes and clowning moves — a written history of his life in the circus,)
LEFT: A photograph of Ricardo Farfan shows him as a performer with the Farfan Brothers Circus in 1954. RIGHT: Farfan dons his clown makeup today.
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Farfan covers his pet canaries in the late afternoon on his patio in Lima.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) Farfan inherited the family business — the Farfan Brothers Circus — but he was forced to shutter the enterprise in 1990 so he could care for his wife. While)
Farfan hugs his wife Maria.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) After so many decades, you might think Farfan would be ready to hang up his wigs and pack up his oversized suits. But he says it's just not in his nature to live)
Farfan points to himself standing on stilts in a picture from the 1950s, noting that "working at the circus allows you to travel the country, meet new people, customs and food."
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Farfan dances with his daughter, Carmen. Farfan raised his four children in the circus he inherited from his father. Although none of them took over the circus, his son in Italy performs as a clown on weekends.
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Farfan paints his face ahead of a performance.
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