HODJAPASHA CULTURE CENTER IN ISTANBUL Sufi Music Concert & Whirling Dervish Ceremony Known to the west as Whirling Dervishes, the Mevlevi Order was founded by Mevlana Rumi in the 13th century. The Order wrote of tolerance, forgiveness, and enlightenment. They survive today as a cultural brotherhood. They are not theatrical spectacles but sacred rituals. The […]

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