Known to the west as
Whirling Dervishes, the Mevlevi Order was founded by Mevlana Rumi in the
13th century. The Order wrote of tolerance, forgiveness, and
enlightenment. They survive today as a cultural brotherhood. They are
not theatrical spectacles but sacred rituals.
The ritual of the Mevlevi sect, known as the sema, is a serious
religious ritual performed by Muslim priests in a prayer trance to
Allah.
Mevlevi believed that during the sema the soul was released from earthly
ties, and able to freely and jubilantly commune with the divine. Dervish
literally means "doorway" and is thought to be an entrance from this
material world to the spiritual, heavenly world.
The Whirling Dervishes played an important part in the evolution of
Ottoman high culture.
From the fourteenth to the twentieth century, their impact on classical
poetry, calligraphy and visual arts was profound. Rumi and his followers
integrated music into their rituals as an article of faith. Rumi
emphasized that music uplifts our spirit to realms above and we hear the
tunes of the Gates of Paradise.
Turkish Mystic
Music & Dance .. 800 Years of Tradition Sufi Music Concert and Whirling
Dervishes Ceremony by Sufi Group of Istanbul Galata Mevlevileri
..
HODJAPASHA HOCAPASA CULTURE
CENTER.
Everday at 19 :
30 pm
Finish : 20 : 30 Pm
