Arayok (Russian:раёк,IPA:[rɐˈjɵk],lit. "smallparadise") was a Russian fairgroundpeep show. Performed using a box with pictures viewed through magnifying lenses, these were accompanied by lewd rhymed jokes.[1]The Fall of Adam and Eve was one of the most popular topics. The term rayok has also come to be applied to rhymed humoroustalk shows, without peeping, featuring a kind ofrhymed prose. The expression "to talk rayok", говорить райком, thus means to speak in a rhymed, humorous way, topatter. Rayok, in both its peep show and talk show forms, has been an occupation of wandering artists called "rayoshniks". When used as the title for a piece of music, rayok implies a scurrilous entertainment, as in:
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