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Beyoğlu - Galata
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 The Divan Literature Museum Detailed Info
The valuable manuscript of famous poets are exhibited here. The more interesting part is Mevlihane in the inner court: Costumes, musical intruments, writing of dervishes that whirled and wrote here can be seen in the domed dance salon. Mevlana dervish order was banned such as other continued its existence in a semi official manner. Mevlana Festival is still practiced in Konya in mid december on the annivarsarty of daeth of Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi; the poet, Sufi of Islam, and founder of mevlana dervish order, who died on December 17, 1273. For tousands of Muslims rushing to this city in the middle of Anatolia due to this reason, this fascinating festival is far beyond than a folkloric dance feast. Mevlana wrote “Dancing is not being easily aired like a bit of dust. Dancing is ascendingover the both worlds; is splitting your heart into pieces and giving up your own soul.” The mevlevi dance (Sema) ceremony is rich in terms of symbols. The conical caps of dervishes symbolize death, while black dresses are for coffin and white upper clothes are for the shound. The continuous turning of dervishes as is walking in the air symbolizes the endless rotation of the planets and the seasons. The dominant flute sound in the music accompanying the dervishes is from “ney.” Ney, symbolizes the signal that will wake up the dead on the doomsday. The visitors can watch this Sema show the second and forth Sunday of every month.
Open between 9.30 AM – 5 PM everyday except Monday
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