Edinburgh International Festival 8th-31st August 2008

About the Performance

A whirling ceremony and Turkish mystical music performed by the world's leading group of Whirling Dervishes and musicians. A fascinating evening of poetry and music from the sufi traditions, building through the four steps of the ceremony, culminating in the hypnotic whirling and a reading from the Qur'an.

The performance features Turkish sufi music and the whirling ceremony, all closely adhering to a 700 year old mystical tradition. An enchanting experience, evoking the call for human love, brotherhood and tolerance that everyone should see at least once in a lifetime.

Come, come, whoever you are.
Wanderer, idolator, worshipper of fire,
come even though you have broken
your vows a thousand times,
Come, and come yet again.
Ours is not a caravan of despair.
Come as you are.

Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi