By Peggy Fletcher Stack - The Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake, UT, U.S.A.
Friday, March 30, 2007
To dance is to express individuality, artistry or, simply, pleasure. It can tell a story, dramatize an emotion or display athleticism.
For some religious people, though, dancing goes further. It is worship, devotion to the divine and spiritual ecstasy.
Sufism, a moderate form of Islam, blends all these elements together in the tradition of whirling dervishes. Believers don long white robes, then spin over and over into a kind of controlled frenzy, accompanied by traditional instruments that date back to the 13th century.
Next week, the Order of the Whirling Dervishes of Turkey is coming to Utah.
The event, "Whirling World: A Mystical Performance by the Whirling Dervishes of Rumi and a Classical Sufi Music Concert," will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Kingsbury Hall on the University of Utah campus. It is sponsored by the Multicultural Arch Foundation of Salt Lake City, a Utah nonprofit organization promoting intercultural and interfaith activities.
"The ritual performed by the Order of the Whirling Dervishes has come to symbolize the tolerance and love in the hearts and minds of millions throughout the world," said organizer Etga Ugur, in a press release.
Tickets are available on the Kingsbury Hall Web site: www.kingsburyhall.org.
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Friday, March 30, 2007
To dance is to express individuality, artistry or, simply, pleasure. It can tell a story, dramatize an emotion or display athleticism.
For some religious people, though, dancing goes further. It is worship, devotion to the divine and spiritual ecstasy.
Sufism, a moderate form of Islam, blends all these elements together in the tradition of whirling dervishes. Believers don long white robes, then spin over and over into a kind of controlled frenzy, accompanied by traditional instruments that date back to the 13th century.
Next week, the Order of the Whirling Dervishes of Turkey is coming to Utah.
The event, "Whirling World: A Mystical Performance by the Whirling Dervishes of Rumi and a Classical Sufi Music Concert," will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Kingsbury Hall on the University of Utah campus. It is sponsored by the Multicultural Arch Foundation of Salt Lake City, a Utah nonprofit organization promoting intercultural and interfaith activities.
"The ritual performed by the Order of the Whirling Dervishes has come to symbolize the tolerance and love in the hearts and minds of millions throughout the world," said organizer Etga Ugur, in a press release.
Tickets are available on the Kingsbury Hall Web site: www.kingsburyhall.org.
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By Peggy Fletcher Stack - The Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake, UT, U.S.A.Friday, March 30, 2007
To dance is to express individuality, artistry or, simply, pleasure. It can tell a story, dramatize an emotion or display athleticism.
For some religious people, though, dancing goes further. It is worship, devotion to the divine and spiritual ecstasy.
Sufism, a moderate form of Islam, blends all these elements together in the tradition of whirling dervishes. Believers don long white robes, then spin over and over into a kind of controlled frenzy, accompanied by traditional instruments that date back to the 13th century.
Next week, the Order of the Whirling Dervishes of Turkey is coming to Utah.
The event, "Whirling World: A Mystical Performance by the Whirling Dervishes of Rumi and a Classical Sufi Music Concert," will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Kingsbury Hall on the University of Utah campus. It is sponsored by the Multicultural Arch Foundation of Salt Lake City, a Utah nonprofit organization promoting intercultural and interfaith activities.
"The ritual performed by the Order of the Whirling Dervishes has come to symbolize the tolerance and love in the hearts and minds of millions throughout the world," said organizer Etga Ugur, in a press release.
Tickets are available on the Kingsbury Hall Web site: www.kingsburyhall.org.
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Il est difficile d'imaginer ce que serait L'Islam sans l'apport du soufisme. soufisme qui va de pair avec un certin transcendantalisme islamique ou l'on sent que le message divin a des domaines intellectuels mais aussi mystiques et spirituels. Oh combien sommes nous reconnaissants de la pensee d'un sage comme Al-ghzali. Oh combien sommes nous charmes par le soufisme inspire a la IBn Arabi. Tres certainement, le soufisme a marque l'islam de ses beaux jours d'antan meme si il a vu ses dangereuses abstractions qui frolent avec l'absurde et l'inimaginable.
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Il est difficile d'imaginer ce que serait L'Islam sans l'apport du soufisme. soufisme qui va de pair avec un certin transcendantalisme islamique ou l'on sent que le message divin a des domaines intellectuels mais aussi mystiques et spirituels. Oh combien sommes nous reconnaissants de la pensee d'un sage comme Al-ghzali. Oh combien sommes nous charmes par le soufisme inspire a la IBn Arabi. Tres certainement, le soufisme a marque l'islam de ses beaux jours d'antan meme si il a vu ses dangereuses abstractions qui frolent avec l'absurde et l'inimaginable.
Me contacter? lol, et bien www.insight-enlightenment.blogspot.com
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