Konya, Turkey. 16th December 2013. The 740th anniversary of the death of the Sufi mystic Mevlana Jalaladdin Rumi was commemorated in Konya by the world renown dancers The Whirling Dervishes. Is celebrated between December 7- 17 Credit: Oleksandr Rupeta/Alamy Live News

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