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Kerala Pulikali Tiger Dance Mimic

K
PLAYERS
4+
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Both
MATERIALS
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.