Tiger dance

Tiger dance at Pilikula,India

Tiger dance of Kamaishi, Iwate, performed on the street in Kitakami Michinoku Traditional Dance Festival, Kitakami, Iwate

Tiger dance of Kamaishi, Iwate, performed in the lobby of a hotel, Kitakami, Iwate

Tiger dance is a traditional performing art in which persons wearing tiger costumes dance by themselves or with others.

Asia

Indonesia

• Reog Ponorogo of Ponorogo, Java

India

• Puliyattam - Tamil nadu
• Pilivesa - Tulu Nadu region spanning the Indian states of Karnataka and Kerala.
• Puli Kali - Kerala
• Baagh Naach - Subarnapur district, Odisha

Nepal

• Baagh Naach of Newa People of Nepal

Japan

• Tiger dance of Kamaishi, Iwate ^[1]
• Tiger dance of Ōfunato, Iwate ^[2]
• Tiger dance of Yokosuka, Kanagawa ^[3]

See also

• Lion dance
• Sagaan Ubgen, who performs the tiger dance in Buddhist cham

References

1. Tiger dance of Kamaishi, Iwate (in Japanese)
2. [http://toramai.web.fc2.com/ Tiger dance of Ōfunato, Iwate (in Japanese)
3. Tiger dance of Yokosuka, Kanagawa (in Japanese)