{{Short description|Traditional performing art}}{{Expand language|langcode=ja|langcode2=vi|date=June 2024|topic=cult}}[[File:Pulikkali 2010.jpg|thumb|''Puli Kali'' of Kerala, India]] [[File:Tiger dance of Kamaishi 1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Tiger dance of Kamaishi, Iwate, performed on the street in Kitakami Michinoku Traditional Dance Festival, Kitakami, Iwate]] [[File:Tiger dance of Kamaishi 1.JPG|thumb|right|250px|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<ref>[http://www.pref.iwate.jp/~hp5501/geinou/tora77/yurai.html Tiger dance of Kamaishi, Iwate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928001411/http://www.pref.iwate.jp/~hp5501/geinou/tora77/yurai.html |date=2012-09-28 }} (in Japanese)</ref> * Tiger dance of Ōfunato, Iwate<ref>[http://toramai.web.fc2.com/ Tiger dance of Ōfunato, Iwate (in Japanese)</ref> * Tiger dance of Shizuoka prefecture * Tiger dance of Yokosuka, Kanagawa<ref>[http://www.nponia.com/page14-yokosukanotoraodori.htm Tiger dance of Yokosuka, Kanagawa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103309/http://www.nponia.com/page14-yokosukanotoraodori.htm |date=2016-03-04 }} (in Japanese)</ref>
===Thailand=== * Tiger dance of Bangkok * Tiger dance of Lampang * Tiger dance of Nakhon Sawan
===Vietnam=== * Tiger dance of Huế
==See also== * Lion dance * Sagaan Ubgen, who performs the tiger dance in Buddhist cham
==References== <references/>
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