— The image to the left features a local freak animal show found in Qiuchang, Guangdong, China, ca. 2010. This page on Asian Variety & Novelty is meant to feature acts or venues localized in geographies like India, the Philippines, China, and Japan. Ethnic performers of these regions who immigrated outside Asia will be found under other categories. Each of these geographic areas had their own cultural and/or religious traditions that spawned acts and shows highlighting the strange and anomalous– some of which made their way to Europe and America, and some of which were completely localized.