Iran's classic theatrical genres contain Baqqāl-bāzi ("grocer engage in", a variety of slapstick comedy), Ruhowzi (or Taxt-howzi, comedy carried out around a courtyard pool protected with boards), Siāh-bāzi (in which the central comic appears in blackface), Sāye-bāzi (shadow participate in), Xeyme-šab-bāzi (marionette), and Arusak-bāzi (puppetry), and Ta'zie (spiritual tragedy performs).