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The Mevlana Festival.
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The Middle East
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December 1, 1999| Author:
Kandemir, Huseyin; Lovatt, Debbie
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The annual Mevlana Festival takes place in mid-December in Konya when visitors from far and near travel here to witness the ancient Whirling Dervish (Sema) ceremony.
Konya, the biblical Iconium of Roman times, has been continuously inhabited since the eighth millennium BC. When the Byzantines came to power, Konya became an independent province and was given the name Lycanoia.
During the 12th and 13th centuries, the city acted as the capital of the Seljuk Turk...
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