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Mevlevi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mevlevi may refer to: • Rumi, also known as Mevlevi (or Mawlawi), a 13-century Persian poet and mystic. • Mevlevi Order, the followers of Rumi.
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Dervish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Out of the being of Mevlana Jalalu'ddin Rumi grew one of the most important and visually exciting dervish orders: the Mevlevis or Whirling Dervishes. ... At various times in history Konya has been inhabited by the Hittites, Phrygians, Persians, Pergamese, and the Romans. During the time of the Romans its name was changed...
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The whirling dervish dance originated in Konya, Turkey, inspired by the songs and teachings of the poet Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, who lived from 1207-1273. Rumi was a Sufi, a branch of Islam that started in the 8th century. ... a brief history of belly dancing...
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The Whirling Dervishes are the Sufis of the Mevlevi Order, ... Although he had been taught and trained with retreat and with dhikr by Sufi masters, it was only when a wandering dervish sheikh, a great Sheikh called Hazreti Shamsuddin of Tabriz, came into his life that Mevlana became the spiritual force which created the...
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THE HISTORY; The ceremony of whirling is very ancient. ... For the sema to serve its purpose in Self development it must contain the correct method of whirling and live music played with the correct tonal understanding of the musical makams. The Sema is a focal part of the everyday life of the Mevlevi Dervish.
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