Tiger dance

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

India and Nepal

• Pilivesa or Hulivesha of Mangalore and Udupi district, Karnataka
• Baagh Naach of Subarnapur district, Orissa and Newa People of Nepal
• Onam of Kerala

Japan

• Tiger dance of Kamaishi, Iwate ^[1]
• Tiger dance of Ōfunato, Iwate ^[2]
• Tiger dance of Yokosuka, Kanagawa ^[3]

See also

• Lion dance
• Sagaan Ubgen, who performs the tiger dance in Buddhist cham

References

1. ↑ Tiger dance of Kamaishi, Iwate (in Japanese)
2. ↑ [http://toramai.web.fc2.com/ Tiger dance of Ōfunato, Iwate (in Japanese)
3. ↑ Tiger dance of Yokosuka, Kanagawa (in Japanese)