Sama with Derviches in Konya

Derviches The dervishes look like insensitive to the presence of the public who sometimes forgets he is not folklore but a religious rite. Dervishes  dance with repetitive step, arms raised, raised right hand to heaven and left to ground. The hand also is carried by the movement of body and lifting dresses that seem to fly to another world.Derviches2

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derviches5 When the music stops, the dervishes are grouped in twos or threes and return to the status quo, their spirit and their heads do not seem disturbed … Have they reached the state of trans sought by these rotations?

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The derviches in Konya

Derviches Hypnotized by the music, rhythm prevails the dervishes into a dance called « sama ».

derviches5 The dervishes are insensitive to the presence of the public who sometimes forgets he is not in a folk happening but in a religious rite. They continue their repetitive, head down, arms raised, the right hand facing the sky and the left one down to the earth. derviche museeThe music stops, the dervishes are grouped in two or three and return to stillness, their minds and their heads do not seem disturbed … Have they reached the trance?Derviches3

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