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Real Whirling Dervish Ceremony In Silivrikapi Istanbul

Whirling Dervish Ceremony In Silivrikapi Istanbul

Sufi Cultures & Whirling Dervish Ceremony in a Monastery

Whirling Dervish Ceremony Real Monastery in Fatih Every Thursday @ 20:00 pm

Duration: 120 minutes (approx.) BCS. it is not a touristic show, durations are flexible.
Location: Sultanahmet / ISTANBUL

No Transportation Service
Dervish Show and Guidance 
Group Transportation Service
Dervish Show and Guidance 
Private Transportation Service
Dervish Show and Guidance 
35 USD Per PersonBOOK50 USD Per PersonBOOK75 USD Per PersonBOOK

No Transportation Service  = You will go by yourself with our confirmation number.

Group Transportation Service = Meet at Our office in Sultanahmet and drop back to Sultanahmet

Private Transportation Service = Pick up from your hotel and after the show drop back to the hotel  ( Only From City Center – Taksim-Sultanahmet-Aksaray )
For another area, you can WhatsApp US at +905337385862

Known to the west as Whirling Dervishes, the Mevlevi Order was founded by Mevlana Rumi in the 13th century. The Order wrote of tolerance, forgiveness, and enlightenment. They survive today as a cultural brotherhood. They are not theatrical spectacles but sacred rituals. The ritual of the Mevlevi sect, known as the sema, is a serious religious ritual performed by Muslim priests in a prayer trance to Allah.

Sufi Culture & Whirling Dervish Ceremony in a Real Monastery

Idea: During this Monastery visit & Dervish Ceremony; you will find out the story of Sufism, Sufis, and their communities in Istanbul, Turkey, today. You will meet the Sufi community and their monastery, listen to their music, eye-witness the Whirling Dervishes Ceremony. The ceremonies are every Thursday. ( Not Touristic Show )

Known to the west as Whirling Dervishes, the Mevlevi Order was founded by Mevlana Rumi in the 13th century. The Order wrote of tolerance, forgiveness, and enlightenment. They survive today as a cultural brotherhood. They are not theatrical spectacles but sacred rituals. The ritual of the Mevlevi sect, known as the sema, is a serious religious ritual performed by Muslim priests in a prayer trance to Allah. Mevlevi believed that during the sema the soul was released from earthly ties, and able to freely and jubilantly commune with the divine. Dervish literally means “doorway” and is thought to be an entrance from this material world to the spiritual, heavenly world. The Whirling Dervishes played an important part in the evolution of Ottoman high culture.

From the fourteenth to the twentieth century, their impact on classical poetry, calligraphy and visual arts was profound. Rumi and his followers integrated music into their rituals as an article of faith. Rumi emphasized that music uplifts our spirit to realms above, and we hear the tunes of the Gates of Paradise.

The ceremony is in a real monastery on Thursday evenings
The meeting time is 20:00 pm in our Culture Center located in Sultanahmet!