Bagha Nacha or Tiger Dance is performed in Binka, Sonepur of
Subarnapur district
Subarnapur District, also called Sonepur District or Sonapur District, is an administrative district in western Odisha state in eastern India. The town of Sonepur is the district headquarters. Sonepur has a rich cultural heritage and is known a ...
and
Brahmapur
Brahmapur may refer to the following places:
* Brahmapur, Bihar
* Brahmapur, Nepal
* Brahmapur, Odisha
** Brahmapur railway station
* Brahmapur, West Bengal
See also
* Brahampur, Phagwara
Brahampur is a village in Tehsil Phagwara, Kapurtha ...
and in some parts of
Ganjam district in
Odisha
Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...
. It is performed in the month of
chaitra
Chaitra (Hindi: चैत्र) is a month of the Hindu calendar.
In the standard Hindu calendar and India's national civil calendar, Chaitra is the first month of the year. It is the last month in the Bengali calendar, where it is called Cho ...
.
In this, the male dancer paints himself like a tiger. Thus, it is called Bagha Nacha or
Tiger Dance
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 ...
.
References
Folk dances of Odisha
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