Divine inspiration: Witness the spectacle of Turkey's mystical dervish dancers

From: Belfast Telegraph | Date: October 1, 2007| Author: Frank Partridge | Copyright information

The dervish headquarters was turned into a museum in 1927, and thereafter the dervishes became a historical curiosity. A handful of die-hards kept the flame burning by meeting and dancing in secret. Even in today's more liberal times, when troupes are allowed to stage public performances in Turkey and tour professionally, their beautiful, uplifting ceremony remains forbidden in the shrine where their founder is venerated.The complex of 13th-century buildings where the dervish movement took ro...

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