The whirling dervishes of Konya’s Mevlâna Festival
- 24 Dec 2009 10:17
Location: Sports stadium, Konya, Turkey
Dates: 10–17 December
Level of Participation: low – be mesmerised as the dervishes whirl
In the Islamic world the 13th-century Sufi poet Celaleddin Rumi, or Mevlâna (Our Guide), is all but considered a saint. One of the world’s great mystic philosopher