Kerala Pulikali Tiger Dance Mimic
K
PLAYERS
4+
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Both
MATERIALS
- Open space
- Optional: face paint or masks
HOW TO PLAY
1
Explain that Pulikali is a folk performance where dancers act like prowling tigers during the Onam harvest festival.
2
One player becomes the lead tiger and invents a stalking, crouching, or pouncing move.
3
Everyone else copies the move in a line behind the leader, growling playfully as they go.
4
The leader calls out sudden "freeze" moments where everyone must hold their tiger pose perfectly still.
5
Anyone who wobbles or laughs during a freeze swaps places with the leader.
6
Keep rotating leaders so different tiger moves keep appearing.