
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
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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