Sunday, May 31, 2009

Shows not to miss

Whirling Derviches
Known to the west as Whirling Dervishes, the Mevlevi Order was founded by Mevlana Rumi in the 13th century. The Order wrote of tolerance, forgiveness, and enlightenment. They survive today as a cultural brotherhood. They are not theatrical spectacles but sacred rituals.The ritual of the Mevlevi sect, known as the sema, is a serious religious ritual performed by Muslim priests in a prayer trance to Allah.Mevlevi believed that during the sema the soul was released from earthly ties, and able to freely and jubilantly commune with the divine. Dervish literally means "doorway" and is thought to be an entrance from this material world to the spiritual, heavenly world.The Whirling Dervishes played an important part in the evolution of Ottoman high culture.

http://www.rumimevlevi.com/ENG/index.php
For reservation contact at
galatamevlevi@gmail.com ( Mr.Atilla Baran Demirtas)

Janissary Music Performance (Ottoman Military Band)
Ottoman military bands are thought to be the oldest variety of military marching band in the world. The sound of the Ottoman military band is characterized by an often shrill sound combining bass drums, horns (boru), bells, the triangle and cymbals (zil), among others. It is still played at state, military and tourist functions in modern Turkey by the Mehter Band and the troops that accompany. The sound associated with the mehterân also exercised an influence on European classical music, with composers such as Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven all writing compositions inspired by or designed to imitate the music of the mehters.

You can see the show at Harbiye Military Museum at 3pm everyday except mondays & tuesdays.

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