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