On 8th of May 2006 at the Estonian National Opera was performed Sufi musik ensemble Konya Türk Tasavvuf Müziği Topluluğu and Whirling Dervishes(Turkey)

Joint project of the Turkish Embassy, the Estonian National Opera and TELLFA.

The performance of «Sufi music and dervish dance» as a part of Days of Turkish Culture, shows the Sufis’ (whirling dervishes’) ritual on the Estonian National Opera’s stage.
Sufism as a philosophic school emerged from the Middle East in the 8th century, but its adherents are now found around the world. Sufism has produced a large body of poetry in Turkish, Persian and Urdu languages, which notably include the works of Rūmi (1207�73). The Mevlevi, one of the most well-known of the Sufi orders, was founded by the followers of Rūmī in 1273 in Konya, present-day Turkey. They are also known as the whirling dervishes due to their famous practice of whirling in the form of a dance and music ceremony called the sema. The sema represents a mystical journey of man�s spiritual ascent through mind and love to «perfection».
«Sufi music and dervish dance» gives the audience a unique possibility to get acquinted to the music of Sufis and dance of whirling dervishes.