By Shakina Reinhertz
ISBN-10: 1890772046
ISBN-13: 9781890772048
captured the mythic mind's eye of the Western global for
centuries. Rumi, the nice Sufi saint of 13th-century Turkey, taught
both female and male scholars this whirling dance, yet in the
centuries after his demise, ladies have been excluded from participation. Not
until the past due Seventies, while Shaikh Suleyman Dede introduced the turn
ritual to the US, was once this custom back opened to girls. Women
Called to the trail of Rumi is the 1st English-language e-book of its
kind. It:
* outlines the historical past of the ladies who've this
way due to the fact that Rumi's time.
* illuminates the transmission of this paintings from Turkey to
America
* highlights the 1st twenty years of the order's lifestyles in a new
country and tradition
* describes the perspective of the player instead of the
observer
At the guts of the booklet are own interviews with greater than two
dozen American initiates-- from kids to clever eldersÑmany of
whom have practiced in this course for over 15 years. The brilliant
illustrations and images current dynamic pictures of ladies turning
in Sema (the formal Mevlevi ritual) and whirling spontaneously in
Zikr, the Sufi amassing of prayer and tune. Quatrains of Rumi from
many smooth translators are interspersed during the text.
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