Monday 25 March 2013

Mevlana and the dervishes in Konya

Mevlana created the order of the whirling dervishes in the 13th centuary.

Men in long white robes spin around leaving the worldly attachements to be reborn in a mystical union with god. A kettle drum and a reed flute plays.
The 17th of december is celebrated as Mevlanas marriage to Allah.

"Those who enter here incomplete comes out perfect" inscription on the silver door of the Mevlana maosoleum.

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