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Monday, October 01, 2007

Divine inspiration: Witness the spectacle of Turkey's mystical dervish dancers - Travel News - Telegraph Travel - Belfast Telegraph

"Divine inspiration: Witness the spectacle of Turkey's mystical dervish dancers

Monday, October 01, 2007

By Frank Partridge

For years they could only perform in secret. Now that has changed. Back then, I did have an excuse for such spectacular ignorance. For much of the 20th century this brotherhood of mystic dancers had been driven more or less underground by the Turkish government, anxious to keep a lid on religious movements which might undermine the new republic."

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