Spiritual performers will bring an ancient tradition to life with hypnotic music, colorful costumes and the sight of dervishes whirling on stage ... originated in Turkey from the inspiration of "Sufi" ...

I registered for a Sunday evening sufi performance expecting whirling dervishes like the ones I had seen on a trip to Turkey.

Konya is also known as the home of the Mevlevi order, the Sufi sect that follows the teachings of Rumi, often called whirling dervishes, due to their distinctive spinning prayer known as Sema.

Sufism has shaped and been shaped by diverse historical, cultural and personal contexts. This manifests through poetry, art, ...

Historian William Dalrymple journeys to Morocco, Turkey, Syria and Pakistan to explore whirling dervishes, Qawwali singing and other forms of music sacred in Sufism, the branch of Islam that ...

The annual Sufi music festival is back with its silver ... singers from the Krishna bhakti traditions and whirling dervishes promise an immersive experience. At Sunder Nursery, New Delhi, till ...