Tiger dance

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

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

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
• Tiger dance of Ōfunato, Iwate
• Tiger dance of Shizuoka prefecture
• Tiger dance of Yokosuka, Kanagawa

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