Tiger dance explained

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

See also

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

References

1. http://www.pref.iwate.jp/~hp5501/geinou/tora77/yurai.html Tiger dance of Kamaishi, Iwate
2. http://toramai.web.fc2.com/ Tiger dance of Ōfunato, Iwate (in Japanese)
3. http://www.nponia.com/page14-yokosukanotoraodori.htm Tiger dance of Yokosuka, Kanagawa