The Konya Turkish Sufi Music Ensemble performed the ceremony of the Whirling Dervishes, also known as Sema, at the India Habitat Centre. The ceremony, started by Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi in the 13th ...

“How do you review a Dervish?” I tweeted semi-rhetorically last night as I headed off to Ted Mann Concert Hall to see the Whirling Dervishes of Rumi spin the light fantastic. I’m still not entirely ...

I’ve always wanted to see whirling dervishes perform the mystical Sufi ceremony known as a sema, in which their series of mesmerizing turns help them, and the audience, reach a state of nirvana. But ...

Some call them a secret brotherhood, others refer to them as a spiritual mystery. The Mevlevis – or “Whirling Dervishes” – themselves acknowledge that their devotion blurs the line between physical ...

Imagine a room full of men, standing quietly, dressed in tall white conical headdresses, each with white robes reaching to the ground. Their arms are crosswise over their chests, the symbol of One God ...

An anthology of Oriental music.; An anthology of the world's music.; Musical anthology of the Orient (Society for Ethnomusicology), 4. Title on container: The music of Turkey : the music of the ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Editor's Note: Because the Dervishes do not speak English, Dervish Ahmet ?alisir's ...

KONYA, Turkey -- Each year, thousands of people travel to the Turkish city of Konya to attend a weeklong series of events and ceremonies that mark the death of the 13th-century Islamic poet, scholar ...

An evening of Sufi music and ethereal performances by the Whirling Dervishes of the Konya Ensemble left audiences in the packed auditorium of Shilpa Kala Vedika mesmerised. Sufi music and Whirling ...

Rachael Kohn: Think of Turkey, and two things immediately come to mind: Turkish Delight and the Whirling Dervishes. Hello and welcome to The Ark. Today we're talking about the delightful Whirling ...