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Here are 21 of my favorite photos of Mevlevi whirling dervishes, followers of the great mystic poet Jelaleddin Rumi.

Click on the small photo below to see a larger one.


Whirling Dervishes in Galata, Istanbul

Anatolia Landscape

Alaettin Hill, Konya, Turkey

 

Whirling in Istanbul

The Silk Road

Aladdin Hill

 

Slender Minaret (Ince Minare) Medrese, Konya, Turkey

Mevlana Museum Dome, Konya, Turkey

Rumi's Tomb, Konya, Turkey

 

Slender Minaret

Mevlana Museum

Rumi's Tomb

 

Whirling Dervishes
Whirling Dervish Orchestra
Whirling Dervishes

Dervish Sema

Dervish Orchestra

Semazen

 

Whirling Dervishes

Whirling Dervish Sema

Whirling Dervishes Start the Sema

Ready to Whirl

Paying Respects

Bow to
the Sheikh

 

Whirling Dervish Hall, Konya, Turkey

Whirling Dervish Sema

Whirling Dervishes

 

Magnificent Sema

Heavenly Constellation

Whirling to Ecstasy

 

Whirling Dervishes

Whirling Dervishes-Red

Whirling Dervishes in Colors

 

In Another World

Whirling in Color

Young Semazen

 

Young Whirling Dervishes

Whirling Dervish Sheikh

Whirling Dervishes

 

Young & Old

The Sheikh Enters

Timeless Beauty


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Whirling Dervishes, Konya, Turkey

The Mevlevi whirl in the
Mevlana Cultural Center, Konya.