Who are the Whirling Dervishes? Why do the dervishes whirl ? The Whirling Dervishes are a part of the Sufi branch of Islam, known for its mysticism and asceticism. Scholars of Sufism have defined it in many different ways throughout the times,
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Whirling Dervishes of Istanbul Where and When to seeFounded around the 13th century in Turkish city of Konya, the Mevlevi order are a religious Sufi sect known for their centuries-old mezmerizing and mystical Sufi dance ceremony in which their whirling spins help
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