A Surprising Day at the Circus

This is what we saw at the Nikulin Circus (a famous Moscow circus) this afternoon: a performer dressed as a rabbi with payes (curls) performing a wedding of two monkeys (or maybe chimpanzees.) The groom wore a yarmulke, and the bride was in a wedding dress, as the two animals stood under a chuppah. There was also a maid of honor. Four human handlers in modern dress and yarmulkes were involved as well, holding the animals on leashes. At the end of the "ceremony," one of the handlers put a glass in a napkin and stomped on it, like a traditional Jewish wedding. The crowd enjoyed it. We sat in stunned silence.
At some point, a cart full of shiny gifts in wrapping paper showed up. The monkeys/chimps eventually changed costumes. One monkey/chimp changed into a stereotypical Mexican costumes, including a sombrero, and another monkey/chimp changed into a flashy jumpsuit, a la Elvis. We would post pictures, but no photography was allowed.
Later, I learned from the web that the original founder of this circus in 1880 was Jewish.
Other parts of the circus included performers in native Russian costumes, although none of them got married.
Otherwise, it was an amazing circus, of acrobats, gymnasts, horses and trapeeze artists. But the portion involving the monkeys/chimps was unsettling and in bad taste.