Spin city: the ancient Turkish town of Konya, once the pearl of the Seljuk's Empire of Rum, is the home of the famous whirling dervishes, whose mesmeric dance links devotees to the revolution of the universe. (Travel in Turkey).

Geographical | June 1, 2002| | Copyright

SO JELALADIN RUMI ENCAPSULATED HIS religious philosophy in one of his poems, a philosophy which gave fame to the Sufi branch of Islam and brought about the order of the whirling dervishes. Nowadays thousands of people of all religious persuasions descend upon the small Turkish town of Konya every year to celebrate the life of the mystical poet, who is known simply as Mevlana, Arabic for `our Lord'.

The Whirling Dervish Festival commemorates the death of the man many Moslems believe is a saint. The dervishes dance in honour of their great teacher, who taught that ...

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