Posted on Jul 19, 2008
“It might be this is the first time for us to face God, Ar-Rahman and Ar-Rahim without asking… We just have grateful to Him…” Watch and see His dancing performance twice a month (on Saturday at One Earth, Ciawi).
The history of the whirling dervishes begins with Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi who was born in Balkh, (now Afghanistan) between 1200 and 1207. When he was a young boy, his family left their home because of the religious and political climate, just before the invasion of Ghengis Khan. The family eventually settled in Konya, Turkey, where his father, Baha’uddin Valad, was a revered religious scholar and mystic. After his father’s death Rumi took up his father’s position as head of a medrasse (religious school).
Poetry, music and dance, in the name of God, were the only things he could do to express this ocean of love Shams (his friend) had opened in him. His intimacy with the Beloved evoked joy and gratitude in his followers as they gathered for music, sacred chanting and the famous whirling dance.
Whirling Darvish
After All… We celebrate life
with James N., Photographer from National Geographic
