The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Editor's Note: Because the Dervishes do not speak English, Dervish Ahmet ?alisir's ...

I’ve always wanted to see whirling dervishes perform the mystical Sufi ceremony known as a sema, in which their series of mesmerizing turns help them, and the audience, reach a state of nirvana. But ...

Folks from across New Mexico gathered on Saturday to celebrate Turkish identities and culture. The annual Albuquerque Turkish ...

Whirling dervishes perform dances celebrating the teachings of mystic Sufi poet Rumi — Ozan KOSE The skirts of whirling dervishes twirl in a symphony of disco colours celebrating mystic Sufi poet Rumi ...

Arms crossed over their hearts, hands resting on their shoulders, the dervishes start their dance. They turn on themselves, slowly sliding their hands along their bodies before raising them, embracing ...

Mehmet Gunyeli’s body of black and white photographs, reduced to outline the Darvish dancers, haunt everyone who views them. His series Dervishers / Beliefs’ Dancing, executed in 2007, presents ...