# Tiger dance

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**Tiger dance** is a traditional [performing art](/source/Performing_art) in which persons wearing [tiger](/source/Tiger) costumes dance by themselves or with others.

## Asia

### Indonesia

- [Reog](/source/Reog) Ponorogo of [Ponorogo](/source/Ponorogo), [Java](/source/Java)

### India

- [Puliyattam](/source/Puliyattam) - [Tamil Nadu](/source/Tamil_Nadu)
- [Pilivesa](/source/Pili_Yesa) | [Huli Vesha](/source/Huli_Vesha) - [Tulu Nadu](/source/Tulu_Nadu) region spanning the [Indian](/source/India) states of [Karnataka](/source/Karnataka) and [Kerala](/source/Kerala).
- [Puli Kali](/source/Puli_Kali) - [Kerala](/source/Kerala)
- [Baagh Naach](/source/Baagh_Naach) - [Subarnapur district](/source/Subarnapur_district), [Ganjam district](/source/Ganjam_district), [Odisha](/source/Odisha)
- [Manavi Vagh (Human Tiger)](/source/Human_tiger) - [Nagpur](/source/Nagpur), [Maharashtra](/source/Maharashtra)

### Nepal

- [Baagh Naach](/source/Baagh_Naach) of Newa People of Nepal

### China

- Tiger dance of [Hainan](/source/Hainan)
- Tiger dance of [Henan](/source/Henan)
- Tiger dance of [Lo Wu](/source/Lo_Wu), [Northern District, Hong Kong](/source/Northern_District,_Hong_Kong)
- Tiger dance of [Yongji, Shanxi](/source/Yongji,_Shanxi)

### Japan

- Tiger dance of [Kamaishi, Iwate](/source/Kamaishi,_Iwate)[1]
- Tiger dance of [Ōfunato, Iwate](/source/%C5%8Cfunato,_Iwate)[2]
- Tiger dance of [Shizuoka prefecture](/source/Shizuoka_prefecture)
- Tiger dance of [Yokosuka, Kanagawa](/source/Yokosuka,_Kanagawa)[3]

### Thailand

- Tiger dance of [Bangkok](/source/Bangkok)
- Tiger dance of [Lampang](/source/Lampang)
- Tiger dance of [Nakhon Sawan](/source/Nakhon_Sawan)

### Vietnam

- Tiger dance of [Huế](/source/Hu%E1%BA%BF)

## See also

- [Lion dance](/source/Lion_dance)
- [Sagaan Ubgen](/source/Sagaan_Ubgen), who performs the tiger dance in Buddhist [cham](/source/Cham_dance)

## References

1. [Tiger dance of Kamaishi, Iwate](http://www.pref.iwate.jp/~hp5501/geinou/tora77/yurai.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120928001411/http://www.pref.iwate.jp/~hp5501/geinou/tora77/yurai.html) 2012-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)

1. [[http://toramai.web.fc2.com/](http://toramai.web.fc2.com/) Tiger dance of [Ōfunato, Iwate](/source/%C5%8Cfunato,_Iwate) (in Japanese)

1. [Tiger dance of Yokosuka, Kanagawa](http://www.nponia.com/page14-yokosukanotoraodori.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103309/http://www.nponia.com/page14-yokosukanotoraodori.htm) 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)

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