Dancing Derviches in Istanbul, by Alexis Urusoff

Ritual dance of Derviches in Old Train Station in Istanbul.

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[4treides]

Con la mano derecha hacia Dios para alcanzar su amor.

Y la izquierda hacia la Tierra para transmitir ese amor a los hombres.

Hermosa manera de orar.

[Rogerboyvix]

Gorgeous

[jnctf]

I am in awe at how beautiful this is.

[palindrome06]

@kostakii1030 They are not immitating anything. This ritual existed before Islam. So Islam might have influenced by this ritual of ancient Turks. This ritual is originated from the ancient Turkic tradition of Fire Cult, not from Islam.

[kostakii1030]

@palindrome06 There is a difference between doing koufr and being a kafir, doing koufr is like this mixxing culture with religion and saying its of the religion. Immitating old turkish tribe religions and creating it in the Islam is strictly Forbidden.

[palindrome06]

@kostakii1030 This doesn't mean they are koufr. This is cultural heredity. It shows that there were some interactions between the cultures.

[NgJackal1990]

The dance starts at 1:30, the first thing comes to my mind is this looks gay but I don't know why I like it. I'm not a Muslim so can I perform this dance in the public???

[kostakii1030]

@palindrome06 That makes it Shirk and koufr, cuz in Islam its strictly not allowed to immitate rituals from other beliefs.

[BuckshotLaFunke1]

@Rao665 Yes, especially when they descend like the clappers on you on a misty morning, playing their bagpipes and swinging their swords.

[kingpinxxc]

this is hypnotic