Tiger dance
Traditional performing art
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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 | Huli Vesha - 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
Vietnam
- Tiger dance of Huế
See also
- Lion dance
- Sagaan Ubgen, who performs the tiger dance in Buddhist cham