Post on 03-Jan-2016
Myths and MusicMevlevi Dervishes
Vesa Matteo PiluduHelsinki
Department of Comparative Religion
University of Helsinki
Performative model of the whirling dervishes
As in the Afro-American Religions
The musicians aren’t in trance
The dancers are entranced
CD: Trance 1, track 1
CD: Music and Trance 1, track 1
Whirling Dervish - Mevlevi Sema Ceremony
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKEItegftb8
Naqshbandi Whirling Dervishes of Indonesia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqKwrusqbTc&feature=related
Ney (reed flute)
Oud (lute)
tanbur (fretted string instrument)
Bendir (frame drum)
Dances
The tunic are extended by centrifugal forcesThe tilt of the head is accentuated by the tall hatRelaxed arm are extended sideways
Living representation of Lam-Alif
Letters of the Arabic epigram
La Ilaha Illa-Allah ”There is no God – But
God”
Sheik
When the sheik enters the dance, his dervishes orbit around him like planets
Poet Jellaeddin Rumi
If you split an atom you will find in it
One Sun
And some planet will revolve
Jellaeddin Rumi
Closest to god
In whirling … the outer world dissolves into bands of colors, space is obliterated and time reversed.
This has been called the path of return
Whirling, we move against the flow of the time
Directly experiencing our origins
Coming to our innermost centre where we are closest to god
Mystical goal
Seeking mystic union and experience the dissolution of the self in the divine essence
Poet Jalalludin Rumithe mystical love
Reason is powerless in the expression of Love
Die in Love if you want to remain alive