A complete list of folk and tribal dance in India

Poikal Kudirai Attam, Tamil Nadu
This folk dance is known as false legs dance in Tamil Nadu
where dancers wear some dresses and they act like a
horse. This is a traditional folklore dance which is based on
the theme of ‘raja Sedingu’, who was known as a popular
Rajput ruler.
Apart from that, you can also find another interesting
traditional dance form in Tamil Nadu which is known as
Bommalattam. This is basically a poppet show which is
conducted during the festivals of Tamil Nadu villages.
Through these poppet shows, people can generate some
social messages and they can also conduct their shows on
some Hindu epics and mythological stories.
Theru Koothu, Tamil Nadu
This dance basically conducted during the village festival and
you can find the greatest Theru Kootu dance performances
during Panguni and Aadi festivals. Only men can perform this
dance and they wear some women dresses to play the roles of
women. Dancers do some heavy make-ups and they wear
some traditional dresses as well as dramatic costumes.
Through this dance performance, they do some storytelling,
dialogue rendering and sing some background songs also.
Most of the stories, which are performed through this dance
forms are derived from Hindi epics such as Ramayana and
Mahabharata. You can find different forms of Theru Koothu
dance in Tamil Nadu such as Vali Koothu and Kuravai Koothu.