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 is a traditional performing art in which persons wearing tiger costumes dance by themselves or with others.
Asia[]
Indonesia[]
India[]
- Puliyattam - Tamil nadu
- Pilivesa - Tulu Nadu region spanning the Indian states of Karnataka and Kerala.
- Puli Kali - Kerala
- Baagh Naach - Subarnapur district, Ganjam district, Odisha
- Manavi Vagh (Human Tiger) - Nagpur, Maharashtra
Nepal[]
- Baagh Naach of Newa People of Nepal
China[]
- Tiger dance of Hainan
- Tiger dance of Henan
- Tiger dance of Lo Wu, Northern District, Hong Kong
- Tiger dance of Yongji, Shanxi
Japan[]
- Tiger dance of Kamaishi, Iwate[1]
- Tiger dance of Ōfunato, Iwate[2]
- Tiger dance of Shizuoka prefecture
- Tiger dance of Yokosuka, Kanagawa[3]
Thailand[]
- Tiger dance of Bangkok
- Tiger dance of Lampang
- Tiger dance of Nakhon Sawan
See also[]
- Lion dance
- Sagaan Ubgen, who performs the tiger dance in Buddhist cham
References[]
- ^ Tiger dance of Kamaishi, Iwate Archived 2012-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- ^ [http://toramai.web.fc2.com/ Tiger dance of Ōfunato, Iwate (in Japanese)
- ^ Tiger dance of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
Categories:
- Dances of Japan
- Dances of India
- Tigers in popular culture
- Ritual animal disguise