Bagha Nacha or Tiger Dance in Odisha
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This year, the key attraction of Pratyabartan was the famous tiger dance or ‘Bagha Nacha’ and DDA had invited folk artistes from Ganjam district for a performance at Utkal Mandap in Bhubaneswar.
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The performers paint their bodies with yellow and black stripes like a tiger with a tail and dance to the beats of traditional percussion instruments.
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A play revolving around Tiger Dance.
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Wearing heavy tiger costumes & wooden masks, dancers leapt across to capture the deer. This is a part of the act the group was performing.
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