Whirling Dervishes

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from Wikipedia: "Mevlevi Order or the Mevleviye are a <b>Sufi</b> order founded by the followers of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi-Rumi, a 13th century Persian poet, Islamic jurist, and theologian, in Konya (in present-day <b>Turkey</b>). They are also known as the <b>Whirling</b> Dervishes due to their famous practice of <b>whirling</b> as a form of dhikr (remembrance of Allah). Dervish is a common term for an initiate of the <b>Sufi</b> Path." These were photographed after their ceremony of meditation and <b>whirling</b>. they ...

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Whirling Dervish, Turkey, Sufi, Dervish, Whirling, Mevlevi, Rumi, Islam, Travel & Outdoors
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