Turkey, Central Anatolia, City of Konya, whirling dervish festival. The sufi master Djalal ed-Din Rumi ou Djalal-e-Din Mohammad Molavi Rumi ou Djalale

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Turkey, Central Anatolia, City of Konya, whirling dervish festival. The sufi master Djalal ed-Din Rumi ou Djalal-e-Din Mohammad Molavi Rumi ou Djalaleddine Roumi (1207-1273), founded of whirling dervishes order is knows with the name of Mavlana. Is bury in Konya. Sema or sama is a term that means hearing in Arabic and Persian. It is used to refer to some of the ceremonies used by various sufi orders and often involves prayer, song, dance, and other ritualistic activities. Sema dancing is known to Europeans as the dance of the Whirling Dervishes or "Sufi whirling", although many forms of sema do not include whirling. In the Mevlani sufi tradition, sema represents a mystical journey of spiritual ascent through mind and love to "Perfect." In this journey the

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