The Mevlana Rumi derwishes of Damascus

The Whirling Derwishes of Damascus in Amsterdam

Wonderful music, song and dance.

Some elevating and inspiring comments from yo tube

* Mowlana, You are the noble son of Persia snf our proud. You created great poetry, Deep philosophy, Exellent dancing anf beautiful music.
Thanks for sharing

* Really nice!

* Rumi is above nationalties, don't try to fit him into nationalist ideas created after french revolution.

* Beautiful.

* so graceful

* WOW...You said it...like Rumi says " a man of God is learned not from books but wise from divine guidance and truth.

BTW whose poem have you quoted? its great

* WOW!!!! Kheily mamnoon...thanks a ton...thats simply wonderful!!!

* This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen .... so spirituel !! I can not control my tears anymore... masallah - Islam is the only true religion !

* the whirler on the right really steals the show with his signature superman move.

* a truy remarkable uri poet

* Great,
Truly soul touching.

* This really is a beautiful ...thanks for the upload :)

* Does anybody know the name of the instrument that are playing in this movie clip until 40 secs?

* This touched my soul.. i'm not a Muslim, but Sufiana is surely divine

* Dance should be part of the Summer Olympics.

* Today is birthday of Mewlana so there are Mewlana Festival in Konya,Turkey...
''Come,come no matter what u are.''
mewlana

* they are whirling faster than they should be.. they look like they lost the muse of this beatiful dance...

real mevlana dancers are here..

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(connect the spaces)

* oh my god!!that's really great!!God bless damascus

* Superb! Masha'Allah.

* masha'allah!!
i love it! and Allah(swt) bless them
but how in the world do they do that?!
just leaves me in awe

* lover's food is the love of bread,
not the bread. No one who really loves,
loves existence.

* For years I pulled my own existence out of emptiness.
Then one swoop, one swing of the arm,
that work is over.
Free of who I was, free of presence, free of
dangerous fear, hope,
free of mountainous wanting.

The here-and-now mountain is a tiny piece of a piece
of straw
blown off into emptiness.

* Be melting snow.
Wash yourself of yourself.

* Drink all your passion,
and be a disgrace.

Close both eyes
to see with the other eye.

Open your hands,
if you want to be held.

Sit down in this circle.

* Knowledge should mean a full grasp of knowledge.

Knowledge means to know yourself, heart and soul.

If you have failed to understand yourself,

Then all of your reading has missed its call.

What is the purpose of reading those books?

So that man can know the All-Powerful.

If you have read, but failed to understand,

Then your efforts are just a barren soul."

* A certain grammarian embarked in a boat. That self-conceited person turned to the boatman.

And said, 'Have you ever studied grammar?', 'No', he replied. The other said, 'half your life is gone to naught.' The boatman became heart-broken with grief, but at the time
he refrained from answering.

The wind cast the boat into a whirlpool: the boatman spoke loud (shouted) to the grammarian.

* Tell me, do you know how to swim?' 'No', said he, 'O fair-spoken good-looking-man!' 'O grammarian,' said he,' your whole life is naught, because the boat is sinking in these whirlpools.'

* amazing and beautiful! how do they do it?

* it is beautiful...if you sway to the music and let it enter your soul...you won't be dizzy!

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* Wanted to add Rumi's/Balkhi's original poem in Dari/Farsi, it is so beautiful if you can read it. Its translation is given by orientflash:
بازآ بازآ هرآنچه هستی بازآ
گر کافر و گبر و بت پرستی بازآ
این درگه ما درگه نومیدی نیست
صد باز اگر توبه شکستی بازآ