Londra Gazete - London, U.K. Thursday, November 8, 2007CADOGAN Hall, London, hosted a special whirling dervish performance to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the birth of Islamic mystic and philosopher Mevlana Rumi.
The event featured Istanbul Tarihi Turk Müziçi Toplulugu who performed the special Sema ceremony in which dervishes spin as part of their ecstatic dance and devotion to God.
UNESCO named 2007 as the International Year of Mevlana Celaledin Rumi and the London event was one of many being organised worldwide by the Republic of Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
A packed 900 person capacity auditorium at London’s Cadogan Hall bore witness to a spectacular performance last month that started with a speech from Celil Güngör, Director General for Research and Training, Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
This was followed by Professor Mahmud Erol Kiliç’s talk about “Rumi and his Ecstatic Dance”.
Then it was the Sema ceremony performed by the Mevlevi group, including 11 musicians, eight singers and eight dervishes – a presentation on this scale is rarely seen outside of Turkey.
The diverse audience included members of the British, Turkish, and international communities.
The London event is part of a series of Sema performances worldwide. Istanbul Tarihi Türk Müziçi Toplulugu are travelling next to Indonesia and Singapore.
UNESCO named 2007 as the International Year of Mevlana Celaledin Rumi and the London event was one of many being organised worldwide by the Republic of Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
A packed 900 person capacity auditorium at London’s Cadogan Hall bore witness to a spectacular performance last month that started with a speech from Celil Güngör, Director General for Research and Training, Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
This was followed by Professor Mahmud Erol Kiliç’s talk about “Rumi and his Ecstatic Dance”.
Then it was the Sema ceremony performed by the Mevlevi group, including 11 musicians, eight singers and eight dervishes – a presentation on this scale is rarely seen outside of Turkey.
The diverse audience included members of the British, Turkish, and international communities.
The London event is part of a series of Sema performances worldwide. Istanbul Tarihi Türk Müziçi Toplulugu are travelling next to Indonesia and Singapore.
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