Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo taken on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018, whirling dervishes of the Mevlevi order perform during a Sheb-i Arus ceremony in ...

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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 ...

Whirling dervishes of the Mevlevi order perform during a Sheb-i Arus ceremony at Kasimpasa Mevlevihane in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, to commemorate the death of 13th century Islamic ...

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 ...

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 ...

Performers from the acclaimed Konya Metropolitan Municipality whirling dervish team dazzling the crowd on Saturday. (Embassy of Turkey in Kuala Lumpur pic) The Sema ceremony of Turkey, with its ...

Arms crossed over their hearts, hands resting on their shoulders, the dervishes start their dance. They turn on themselves, slowly sliding their hands along their bodies before raising them, embracing ...