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of the foot staying in contact with the floor. The impetus for the rotation is provided by the right foot, in a full 360-degree step. If a dervish should become too enraptured, another Sufi, who is in charge of the orderly performance, will gently touch his frock in order to curb his movement, The dance of the dervishes is one of the most impressive features of the mystical life in Islam, and the music accompanying it is of exquisite beauty, beginning with the great hymn in honor of the Prophet (na't-i sharif, written by Jalaluddin himself) and ending with short, enthusiastic songs, some things sung in Turkish.
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Dervish communities, in the Middle Ages, served a central role in social, religious and political life throughout "central Islamic lands." Dervish orders were at one time much larger in size than they are today, as the government has taken control over most Dervish monasteries throughout this area.
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further claim that the term is actually synonymous with "understanding" and therefore recognition and application of the Revelation as well as the act of "attaining higher knowledge." Sama can also refer to considerate listening to an honest temporal leader who ensures social justice and makes word
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orders perform Sufi whirling in addition to playing musical instruments, consuming glowing embers, live scorpions and glass, puncturing body parts with needles and spikes, or practicing clairvoyance and levitation. The dervish practice can be performed by community residents or lay members, members
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The sheikh stands in the most honored corner of the dancing place, and the dervishes pass by him three times, each time exchanging greetings, until the circling movement starts. The rotation itself is on the left foot, the center of the rotation being the ball of the left foot and the whole surface
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for "most Sufi whirls in one hour" were awarded in London in 2012, to Shafik Ibrahim Abd El Hamed in the male category with 2,905 rotations, and Tara Lee Oakley in the female category with 2,191. These records were surpassed in Zurich in 2015 by Nicole McLaren, with 3,552 rotations.
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extends through the member's individual teacher, to their teacher and so on, through time until one is connected to the Prophet and thus Allah. The Prophet himself is revered as the originator of Sufism, which has in turn been traced down through a series of saints.
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a special permission to perform ritual whirling practices for tourists during two weeks each year. Outside of tourist entertainment, Orthodox theologians have now vocally discounted the Dervish practice resulting in
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Meditation has been shown to be relaxing for the brain, and I like a moving meditation, so I thought of Dervish whirling. Dervish whirling is an ancient technique. It's from the 13th century in Turkey.
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In 1925, Turkey ordered the dissolution of all Sufi fraternities by decree, the Mevlevi managed to survive among small villages throughout the Middle East. In 1954, the Turkish government granted the
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is coupled with physical exertions of movement, specifically dancing and whirling, in order to reach a state assumed by outsiders to be one of "ecstatic trances". As explained by Sufis:
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in one country will not mirror that of another country as each order's ritual stresses "emotional religious life" in various forms. The Mevleviyah order, like many others, practice the
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among Sufi orders began some time around the mid third/ninth century C.E. in Baghdad, eventually finding acceptance and favor in Persian, Turkish and Indian Islam. The custom of
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or props, such as veils, wings and ribbons. The techniques used in Egyptian Tanoura can also be adopted by belly dancers to help with their balance and control dizziness.
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serves to further one's "nourishment of the soul" through devotional "hearing" of the "'subtle' sounds of the hidden world or of the cosmos." In contrast to the use of
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The longest continuous whirling performance has been recorded at more than four hours. The most people simultaneously whirling is 755, set in Taiwan in 2011.
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have typically been those of lower classes. Within Islamic faith, unlike Middle Eastern law, women have equal status to men, allowing women to participate in
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was distinguished as heard from the ego, heart or spirit. Despite the application of rules, some sheikhs continued to limit or disapprove the practice of
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Although it is mainly used for visual effects, the dancers also augment their balance with the tanoura, through a dynamic centrifugal effect.
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is in fact "hearing", as "to hear" can pertain to any sound in addition to any "subtle" sounds of the spiritual realm. Those in support of
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In the symbolism of the Sema ritual, the semazen's camel's hair hat (sikke) represents the tombstone of the ego; his wide, white skirt (
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While only men have historically been permitted to take part in the ceremony, some communities now allow women to participate.
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community. These performers include both men and women, solo and in groups. Such performances may be augmented with
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among Sufi orders has a history of controversy within the Islamic faith. In one argument, the use of the term
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is unique to its individual order, specific traditions and customs may differ across countries. The same
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is considered to suggest physically "listening" in a spiritual context. A differing opinion argues that
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The Western world, having witnessed Sufi whirling through tourism, have described the various forms of
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and other orders such as the Rifa'i-Marufi. It is a customary meditation practice performed within the
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is only a revealing instrument and that it only supplies that which is brought to it by the hearer."
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to be removed before the whirling begins. As the ritual dance begins, the dervish dons a felt cap, a
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says, "All loves are a bridge to Divine love. Yet, those who have not had a taste of it do not know!"
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alone or with an established branch of females within a specific order. Sufi whirling, a worship of
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and dance which induce ecstasy, but ecstasy which arouses dance, or furthermore, that
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Sufi meditation, practiced by Dervish orders, involving spinning in circles to music
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in Sufi orders, the music itself was not affected. More recently, the custom of
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order by a male sheikh, but traditionally were instructed to practice the
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A dervish practices multiple rituals, the primary of which is the
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As an order, the whirling Dervishes were founded by mystic poet
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Semâ ceremony at the Dervishes Culture Center at Avanos, Turkey
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binds each member to Allah through one's chain of order. One's
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or motion-induced vertigo. Training for whirling targets the
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Sufi whirling has also been promoted by actor and memoirist
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or personal desires, by listening to the music, focusing on
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continue to argue that "according to that which it is not
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as "barking, howling, dancing, etc." The practice of each
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The tanoura tradition has attracted some interest from
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involves recitation of devotional Islamic prayer. This
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evolved in practice over time as it complemented Sufi
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by performing a whirling meditation. Accompanying the
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worn by the whirler, with a color representing each
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as dervishes themselves. Women were received into a
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The Mevlevi practice gave rise to an Egyptian form,
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in the 13th century. Initially, Sufi fraternities (
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4165: 4158: 4153: 4146: 4141: 4136: 4129: 4124: 4119: 4112: 4105: 4103:Book of Mormon 4100: 4095: 4090: 4082: 4080: 4076: 4075: 4073: 4072: 4067: 4062: 4057: 4052: 4047: 4042: 4037: 4032: 4027: 4022: 4017: 4012: 4007: 4002: 3997: 3992: 3987: 3982: 3977: 3972: 3967: 3962: 3957: 3952: 3946: 3944: 3943:Belief systems 3940: 3939: 3937: 3936: 3931: 3926: 3921: 3916: 3911: 3906: 3901: 3896: 3891: 3886: 3881: 3876: 3871: 3866: 3861: 3856: 3851: 3846: 3841: 3836: 3831: 3826: 3821: 3816: 3811: 3806: 3801: 3796: 3791: 3786: 3781: 3776: 3771: 3766: 3761: 3756: 3751: 3746: 3741: 3736: 3731: 3726: 3721: 3716: 3711: 3706: 3701: 3696: 3691: 3686: 3681: 3676: 3671: 3666: 3661: 3656: 3651: 3646: 3641: 3636: 3631: 3626: 3621: 3616: 3611: 3606: 3601: 3595: 3593: 3587: 3586: 3584: 3583: 3578: 3573: 3568: 3563: 3558: 3553: 3548: 3543: 3538: 3533: 3528: 3523: 3518: 3513: 3508: 3503: 3498: 3493: 3488: 3483: 3478: 3473: 3468: 3466:Parapsychology 3463: 3458: 3453: 3448: 3443: 3438: 3433: 3428: 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Guavo Media. 1820: 1796: 1761: 1756:Gilded Serpent 1742: 1719: 1708:on 3 July 2018 1688: 1663: 1644: 1627: 1612: 1579: 1561: 1550: 1502: 1461: 1441: 1414: 1413: 1411: 1408: 1407: 1406: 1401: 1396: 1391: 1386: 1381: 1374: 1371: 1359: 1356: 1331: 1328: 1296: 1293: 1247: 1244: 1225:colorful skirt 1223:refers to the 1176: 1173: 1171: 1168: 1136: 1133: 1042:The custom of 899: 898: 896: 895: 888: 881: 873: 870: 869: 856: 855: 852: 851: 846: 841: 836: 831: 826: 821: 816: 811: 806: 800: 797: 796: 793: 792: 789: 788: 783: 781:Notable modern 778: 772: 769: 768: 765: 764: 761: 760: 755: 750: 745: 740: 735: 730: 725: 720: 715: 710: 705: 700: 695: 690: 685: 680: 675: 670: 665: 660: 655: 650: 645: 640: 635: 630: 625: 620: 615: 610: 605: 600: 595: 590: 585: 580: 574: 569: 568: 565: 564: 561: 560: 555: 550: 545: 540: 535: 530: 525: 519: 516: 515: 512: 511: 508: 507: 502: 497: 492: 487: 482: 477: 472: 467: 465:Sufi cosmology 462: 457: 452: 447: 442: 437: 432: 427: 422: 417: 412: 407: 402: 397: 392: 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Sema Ceremony
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage

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meditation
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Dervishes
Mevlevi order
sema
Persian
Persian
Allah
nafs
ego
God
Solar System
performance dance
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