The small village of Abadzekhskaya in mountainous Adygea does not have an abundance of hotels, thermal springs and other tourist attractions. But the circus studio “Smile” has been operating here for 50 years. Usually local recreation centers offer residents dance, choir, or theater classes, but the circus, especially in the village, is a phenomenal phenomenon. How it happened, what a rural circus is and why the studio is still alive, the correspondent of “Such Affairs” found out.