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Preview: The Whirling Dervishes of Turkey One show that is sure to put you in a spin
Evening News - Scotland; 2/5/2004; Sarah Howden; 421 words
; WHIRLING dervish (wurl-ing dur-vish): a mystical dancer ... part of a sacred ceremony in which the dervish rotates in a precise rhythm. He represents ... purpose of the ritual whirling is for the dervish to empty himself of all distracting thoughts ...
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Divine inspiration: Witness the spectacle of Turkey's mystical dervish dancers
Belfast Telegraph; 10/1/2007; Frank Partridge; 998 words
; The dervish headquarters was turned into a museum in 1927, and thereafter the dervishes became a historical curiosity. A handful of die-har ... The complex of 13th-century buildings where the dervish movement took root is in the city of Konya in ...
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Dervish's electric mandolin player
Jerusalem Post; 11/15/2001; Barry Davis; 1114 words
; ... Davis Jerusalem Post 11-15-2001 Headline: Dervish's electric mandolin player Byline: Barry ... heartening to welcome Irish super group Dervish back to these shores, especially as they ... get me going," McDonagh laughed. Like Dervish's lead vocalist and bodhran (frame drummer ...
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Whirling Dervishes
Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 7/31/2004; Geoffrey Fattah Deseret Morning News; 896 words
; ... directed to the earth, a young Mevlevi Dervish spins to the beat of the drum and melody ... beauty and mysticism of the "whirling Dervishes" has enthralled many around the world ... meditation. Standing outside the only Dervish lodge left in Istanbul, Metin Kazas warmly ...
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Whirling Dervishes bring 'spiritual concert' to UCLA
Daily Breeze; 11/19/2004; ELIZABETH KHURI SPECIAL TO RAVE!; 977 words
; ... sound of a small bell. But the Whirling Dervishes achieve ecstasy and knowledge of God ... Sufism, a subset of Sunni Islam, the Dervish method of meditation is to act as an ... redistribute it -- members of The Whirling Dervishes of Damascus performance troupe turn in ...
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CELTIC BAND DERVISH IS GETTING NOTICED
The Boston Globe; 10/1/2004; Scott Alarik, Globe Correspondent; 737 words
; For the Irish group Dervish, there are three keys to its slow build ... bona fide Celtic superstars. "I think Dervish is beginning to jell in a way that is ... always been the most recognizable part of Dervish's sound, and it is a remarkable folk ...
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LAST LAUGH; Dervish all smiles as they fly home after shaming Ireland in Eurovision.(News)
The Mirror (London, England); 5/14/2007; 528 words
; Byline: By MIRROR REPORTER EUROFLOPS Dervish put on a brave face as they flew home ... the only people ever to do worse than Dervish were Donna and Joe McCaul, who didn't ... year for his respectable 10th place. And Dervish will be coming in for some criticism now ...
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In the whirl: Women join twirling of dervishes in Turkey
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 1/14/2001; MOLLY MOORE; 733 words
; In the whirl: Women join twirling of dervishes in Turkey By MOLLY MOORE Washington Post ... changed in the mystic world of whirling dervishes, Muslim men performing the same public ... leader Hasan Cikar began mixing female dervishes with the men on the public stage a few ...
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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; 6/1/2002; Mohammadi, Kamin; 1072 words
; ... brought about the order of the whirling dervishes. Nowadays thousands of people of all ... 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 ...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Turkey's rival dervishes.(Brief Article)
The Economist (US); 4/15/2000; 490 words
; ... ancient tekke, as buildings that house dervish communities are known, in Istanbul's ... Afghan-born Sufi mystic who founded the dervish order late in the 11th century after ... sound of the ney, a Turkish flute, the dervishes slowly and gracefully begin to whirl ...
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