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09/08/2024 By bazaarturkey Blog Comments Off

Can a woman be a whirling dervish?

Women in Mevlevi Tradition: Can a Woman Become a Whirling Dervish? The Mevlevi order, with its deep roots in the Ottoman Empire, is a mystical order that continues to influence people today. One of the most well-known rituals of this order is the Sema ceremony. Sema is a form of dance that symbolizes the rotation […]

13/04/2022 By bazaarturkey Blog No Comments

Night of the Whirling Dervishes

Well I am working all day tomorrow and got this part done – one more folks and then the trip is over. Boo!!!! Then maybe I can get started on the 19 rolls of film????? All I can say about the Dervish ceremony was “an experience that we will remember forever”. Again, just like so […]

02/04/2022 By bazaarturkey Blog No Comments

The Mevlevi Order

The Mevlevi Order has for seven centuries offered spiritual training based on the principles of Sufism. It is a rigorous path of initiation and service continually adapting itself to changing circumstances and times. The Mevlevi Order traces back to Mevlâna Jalâluddîn Rumi (d. 1273) one of the greatest mystics and poets the world has ever […]

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Can a woman be a whirling dervish?

Night of the Whirling Dervishes

The Mevlevi Order

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