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Sufi Whirling Dervishes
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Like other major religions, Islam has a mystical branch, Sufism, which teaches many ways to experience spiritual union with the divine.One of those paths, dating from the 13th century, is dance: sp...
Like other major religions, Islam has a mystical branch, Sufism, which teaches many ways to experience spiritual union with the divine.One of those paths, dating from the 13th century, is dance: specifically the dancing of whirling dervishes, who were followers of the poet Rumi.Manjula Kumar, a program manager at the Smithsonian Institution, describes the origins and meaning of whirling dervish dancing.
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- [Place of publication not identified] : WNET/13, [2013]
- New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2017
- ©2013
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- 1 online resource (1 video file (2 min., 13 sec)) : sound, color
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- Originally released by WNET/13, 2013.
- Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on December 21, 2017.
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- Sufi Whirling Dervishes (2:13)