Arms raised above his head, Mahir Bozan planted his left foot on the ground and started to spin. His right palm faced the sky, asking God for beneficence; his left palm turned downward, passing God’s ...
Most of us know them as a figure of speech, as in, “When she realized her child was no longer in the stroller, she tore through the crowd like a whirling dervish looking for him.” But ask someone what ...
A rare chance to see authentic whirling dervishes from Turkey will come around at an Australian Brandenburg Orchestra concert series next month. For its Ottoman Baroque program, the period orchestra ...