Performing Art · Karnataka
Hulivesha
ಹುಲಿವೇಷ
Karnataka's 'tiger dance' — performers painted in bold tiger stripes prowl and leap through the streets during Dasara.
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Where Hulivesha comes from
Hulivesha, meaning 'tiger guise', is a folk performance in which dancers have their bodies painted with tiger markings, associated especially with Dasara and temple festival processions in southern and coastal Karnataka.
How it's practiced
Performers undergo hours of body painting before dancing through the streets in tiger-like movements, drumming and crowds following the procession.
Karnataka's 'tiger dance' — performers painted in bold tiger stripes prowl and leap through the streets during Dasara.
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