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Originally Posted by Sultana
The more traditional Middle Eastern way to tip is called a money shower, and involves no touching at all (and more bills!). The patron simply stands up when the dancer is near, and holding a stack of bills in the palm of one hand, brushes the bills one by one in rapid succession off the stack over the dancer’s head, essentially “showering” her with money and appreciation. It’s nice because the performer doesn’t have to stop moving to accept it, and of course it’s usually more tippage. If you want to impress the dancer with your generosity, go this route!
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i witnessed this method at a wedding. my former sister-in-law did a little inpromptu belly dancing, and the father of the groom did the money shower thing. the bride's family (my then in-laws) are all white, while the grooms family was a mixture of some middle eastern region (sorry, i don't know specificly which area) and white. the bride's family thought the money shower was odd, i think they likened it to tipping a stripper or something. i thought it was cool, as did my sister-in-law.