Baagh Naach

Baagh Naach or Tiger Dance is performed in Binka and Sonepur of Subarnapur district, Orissa state in eastern India. It is performed in the month of chaitra.

In this, the male dancer paints himself like a tiger. Thus, it is called Baagh Naach or Tiger Dance.^[1]

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