(Him: Charlie)
“Whirling Dervish”, when I first heard about it, I thought
it’s a couple other English words that I didn’t know. But it turned out, I
uncovered a whole new world that I have not heard of before.
This “dance”, as
part of a religious ceremony, is the legacy of the famous Muslim
philosopher/poet, Rumi. As the dervish spin with the music, they would reach a trance
state, and they get closer to god. By traveling to Konya, the place where Rumi
lived and died, we had the opportunity to witness this intriguing ritual (aka
Sema). The dance, or the concept, may sound funny to outsiders, but their
devotion and dedication to god is definitely venerable.
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