Sufi Music Concert and Whirling Dervishes Ceremony
by The Sufi Group of Istanbul Galata Mevlevileri (Great Monastery)
Sufi Music Concert & Whirling Dervishes Ceremony
Sufi Music Concert & Whirling Dervishes Ceremony at Dervis Dede Efendi Evi/House, Sultanahmet Istanbul Turkey
Sufi Music Concert & Whirling Dervish Ceremony in Istanbul
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.
Whirling Dervishes
Excerpts from a Sama, or Whirling Dervish Ceremony performed at the Mevlevihanesi, or Mevlevi Sufi Lodge at Galata in Istanbul on 18 December 2012.
The Sama and the Mevlevi Sufi Order both originate with Sufi Master Jalaluddin Rumi (known in the West simply as Rumi, and by Muslims as Mevlana which means Master). He was born in northern Afghanistan in 1207, but lived for most of his life in Konya, in central Anatolia in what is now Turkey. He died there in 1273, and his tomb in Konya is now a centre of Muslim pilgrimage.
Rumi was already an eminent Islamic scholar and preacher when, at the age of 32, he encountered a wandering Sufi dervish, Shams of Tabriz, who inspired his mystical awakening. Following this he became a prolific mystical writer and poet with the best known collection of his sacred poems called the Masnavi.
He also founded the Mevlevi Sufi Order that spread throughout the Ottoman Empire under the aegis of several Ottoman Sultans. Its central ritual is the elaborate Sama, best known for its whirling.
As the wonderful book 'Rumi and His Sufi Path of Love' edited by Turkish scholars M. Fatih Citlak and Huseyin Bingul explains, the word 'sama' is an Arabic word denoting a variety of meanings, such as listening, paying attention, lending an ear, the statement heard, good reputation, and remembrance....it has been the name given to listening to the musical melodies, falling deep into ecstasy, moving arbitrarily to the sound, and to the standing dhikr (remembrance of God) performed by sufis amid a cyclone of rapture.
All elements of the Sama, the music, the dress of the participants, their gestures and movements are rich in symbolism. For instance their conical hat, called a sikka, symbolizes the tombstone of the self. All the symbols deal with big universal spiritual ideas and concepts.
As the aforementioned book explains, the dervishes rotate around the area, akin to how the planets rotate around themselves and around the Sun. The idea of the sama is itself an expression of the composition of the universe, and within it man's resurrection, his movement triggered by the love of God, and his inclination towards the Universal Man, or Insan-i Kamil, by virtue of realizing his servanthood.
The Sufi Whirling Dervishes - Istanbul, Turkey
The Sufi Whirling Dervishes - Istanbul, Turkey
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Whirling Dervishes Ceremony at Cadogan Hall, London - 2015
Mevlevi Sema (Whirling Dervishes) Ceremony was performed by Konya Sufi Music Ensemble on 16th January at the Cadogan Hall in London.
Sufi Music - Whirling Dervishes Ceremony
This was the opening turkish traditional instrumental music played to initiate a sema (whirling dervishes) ceremony.
Location: HodjaPasha Cultural Centre in Istanbul, Turkey
The Whirling Dervishes Of Rumi
One Of The Wonders Of Turkey, Whirling Dervishes are performing live classical Turkish and sufi music and the amazing sight of the Dervishes whirling on the stage.
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Sufi Whirling Dervishes in Istanbul 2013
Mevleviye are known for their famous practice of whirling dances.
Following a recommended fast of several hours, the whirlers begin to rotate on their left feet in short twists, using the right foot to drive their bodies around the left foot. The body of the whirler is meant to be supple with eyes open, but unfocused so that images become blurred and flowing. The Sema takes place in a large circular-shaped room that is part of the mevlevihane building.
UddinWorld, Turkey: Istanbul, Darvesh Sufi Dance
Uddin's Travel to Istanbul, June 23, 2015: Darvesh Sufi Dance of Turkey at Orient Express Historic Train Terminal Station, Istanbul.
Sufi Dance, Istanbul, Turkey
Sufi Dance, Istanbul, Turkey
Whirling Dervish Ceremony
Whirling Dervishes Ceremony and Sufi Music Concert
First Salutation of Dervishes at 06:10
Second Salutation at 10:10
I Whirling from 10:55 till 16:00
II Whirling from 16:50 till 18:35
III Whirling from 19:20 till 26:50
IV Whirling from 27:45 till 29:45
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Sirkeci Train Station
Istanbul
May, 31
2011
Whirling Dervish Ceremony & Sufi Music Concert in Theatre Chaillot France 2013
Whirling Dervish Ceremony & Sufi Music Concert in Theatre Chaillot France 2013 by Istanbul Life ORG
Istanbul: Whirling Dervish - Sufi ceremony. Hocapasha Cultural Centre
Loved this venue the Most! (so far)
Hocapasha cultural centre Whirling Dervish ceremony. Cemberlitas, Sultanahmet, Istanbul
Whirling Dervish Performance Istanbul, Turkey
Whirling Dervish Performance Istanbul Turkey. This performance was quite mesmerising, I went to see the spectacle, but got wrapped up in the spirituality of the ceremony, amazing experience.
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semazen emre yıldırım sufi music concert whirling dervish ceremony turkey
Dervish Cafe Istanbul
Istanbul Dervish Cafe
THE WHIRLING DERVISHES OF KONYA - TURKEY - Turquoise Production
L'ensemble des Derviches Tourneurs de Konya a la spécificité de vivre et de travailler dans la ville où fut fondée la confrérie des Mevlevî, dont les enseignements ont marqué le monde du soufisme. Il en est aujourd'hui un des dignes représentants ainsi que, tous les ans au mois de décembre, l'organisateur des cérémonies commémoratives de la mort de Mevlânâ à Konya. La formation est connue pour ses travaux de recherche, de collecte, d'édition et de publication sur des thèmes liés à la musique et la littérature mystiques turques. Héritiers légitimes de la tradition des Mevlevî, les Derviches Tourneurs de Konya ont été invités à représenter la cérémonie du semâ dans le monde entier.
The Whirling Dervishes of Konya have the specificity to live and to work in the city where this muslim soufi ritual was founded in the XIIIth century. Composed of the best solists and the best specialists of the mystical tradition, the group, under the artistic direction of Yusuf Kayya, is a true ambassador of the mystic philosopher Mevlana's legacy and is now known as one summit of the oriental aesthetic. With over 1200 performances in Turkey and abroad (Europe, USA, Australia... ), The Whirling Dervishes of Konya has been representing one of the most captivating aspect of Turkey's mystical culture.
Turquoise Production
World Music Agency
Sufi whirling
As per Wikipedia Sufi whirling (or Sufi spinning), ( Arabic: الرقص الصوفي) is a form of Sama or physicaly active meditation which orginated among Sufis, and which is still practiced by the Sufi Dervishes of the Mevlevi order. It is a customary dance performed within the Sema, or worship ceremony, through which dervishes (also called semazens) aim to reach the source of all perfection, or kemal. This is sought through abandoning one's nafs, egos or personal desires, by listening to the music, focusing on God, and spinning one's body in repetitive circles, which has been seen as a symbolic imitation of planets in the Solar System orbiting the sun.[1] As explained by Sufis.
This is a Mawlawiyah Sufi dance performance by The whirlers from Egypt as part of the Delhi International Arts Festival(DIAF) 2011.
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