Iran's common theatrical genres include things like Baqqāl-bāzi ("grocer engage in", a type of slapstick comedy), Ruhowzi (or Taxt-howzi, comedy carried out about a courtyard pool lined with boards), Siāh-bāzi (in which the central comic seems in blackface), Sāye-bāzi (shadow perform), Xeyme-šab-bāzi (marionette), and Arusak-bāzi (puppetry), and Ta'zie (spiritual tragedy performs).