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The whirling dance

turkey

Micaela and Sonia

DERVISH are a particular islamic Sufi fraternity. The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is proverbially associated with dervishes is best known in the West by the practices (performances) of the Mevlevi order in Turkey, and is part of a formal ceremony known as the Sama. It is, however, also practiced by other orders.

vocabulary

DRESS

HAT

ARM(S)

HAND(S)

shoulder(S)

FEET

learn to dance

Put your hands on your shoulders. Take a bow and start to whirl. Raise your arms to the sky... right hand up to take the energy and left hand down to give it to the earth. Continue to whirl on your feet.

Listen to the music and start to dance!

your turn now!