Tiger dance

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Puli Kali of Kerala, 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 | 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

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)