Whirling Dervishes are coming to New Jersey again after 3 years

UNESCO declared 2007 as Rumi Year. Therefore, the Interfaith Dialog Center organized a live performance of Whirling Dervishes at NJPAC on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007.

Mevlevi Order has offered spiritual training based on the principles of Sufism for seven centuries. It traces back to Mawlana Jalaladdin Rumi, one of the greatest scholars, spiritual leaders and poets the world has ever known. The Mevlevis, or whirling Dervishes, have performed one of the world's most beautiful spiritual ceremonies. The Sema, as it is called, is a precise choreography, a meditation in motion, in which the dervishes are accompanied by a refined and mystical music consisting of flutes, strings, chorus, and percussion.

IDC is proud of bringing world's famous whirling dervishes group "Turkish Sufi Music Group of Konya" to New Jersey.

It was an with
- Ineffable spiritual performance
- Indescribable mystic costumes
- Heart-stimulating live music.

Listen to a conversation on Rumi on WBUR Boston. If you have problem listening, go to original page of WBUR Boston. (You need media player installed on your computer)

Watch a video on Whirling and its philosophy. (You need media player installed on your computer)


Some pictures of whirling dervishes at NJPAC



























Some pictures of whirling dervishes at Grand Ceremony in December 2006 in Konya, Turkey.














Sponsors of the event
Main Sponsor: Istikbal Furniture, Clifton
Golden Sponsors: Toros Restaurant, Western Union, Semra&Sibel Oz (Coldwell Banker), Salih Okdemir (RE/MAX),
Silver Sponsor: Tashkin Bakery