Tiger dance

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title: "Tiger dance" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["dances-of-japan", "dances-of-india", "tigers-in-culture", "ritual-animal-disguise"] description: "Traditional performing art" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_dance" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Traditional performing art ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Tiger_dance_of_Kamaishi_1.jpg" caption="Tiger dance of [[Kamaishi, Iwate]], performed on the street in [[Kitakami Michinoku Traditional Dance Festival]], [[Kitakami, Iwate"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Tiger_dance_of_Kamaishi_1.JPG" caption="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
• 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

Vietnam

• Tiger dance of Huế

References

References

1. [http://www.pref.iwate.jp/~hp5501/geinou/tora77/yurai.html Tiger dance of Kamaishi, Iwate] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-09-28 (in Japanese))
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] {{Webarchive. link. (2016-03-04 (in Japanese))

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