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The Inai Dance is a traditional dance of Malay palaces performed during circumcision ceremonies of palace dignataries and also during wedding ceremonies. This dance has specific procedures to produce difficult finger and hand movements in a continous circular position. The dance also combines the dance movements found in Mak Yong traditional theatre, the silat martial art and acrobatic arts. The Tari Inai Dance has a special dance form that is showing off a dancer’s capability to balance the body and bend backward to pick up a paper money using the mouth.