Sema Ceremony - Whirling Dervishes

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  • Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
  • Filmed at Yenikapı Mevlevihanesi, Istanbul, Turkey.
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  • @herneyse11
    @herneyse11 9 років тому +67

    Rumi says; I looked to smallest things they are whirling and praying and I looked to biggest things (galaxies,stars,planets) they are whirling and praying to our Creator. I just joined them.

    • @-danR
      @-danR 6 років тому

      hmm.... I've never thought of that. Everything whirls or spins.

    • @mosal3983
      @mosal3983 5 років тому

      Thank you for sharing . It is absolutely true.

    • @aaliyah3037
      @aaliyah3037 2 роки тому

      Rumi is a mushrik

    • @rahman21244
      @rahman21244 2 роки тому

      Oh, YES. RUMI said this --> 700 years ago------------------smallest things are whirling & praying to Biggest things whirling / spinning.! How correct he was. Now a days , we know this as a matter of fact-----all are SPINNING-----each and every atom-----electrons spinning around protons/photons , planets spinning , galaxies spinning. This SPIN is no longer just a spiritual statement-------it is actually happening---NO QUESTION ABOUT THIS -------- THIS SPIN IS UNIVERSAL!!!

  • @ORTHODOX-PATH
    @ORTHODOX-PATH 4 роки тому +10

    Ειμαι Ελληνα Ρωμιός,σας σεβομαι απεριόριστα εσας αλλα και το ΤΑΓΜΑ ΣΑΣ . Ειρηνη να εχουμε ολοι.
    Σας στελνω την αγαπη μου.Εκφραζω τον σεβασμό μου.Ας υπαρχει ΜΟΝΟΝ ΑΓΑΠΗ ΜΕΤΑΞΥ ΟΛΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΩΝ.ΟΠΩΣ ΠΙΣΤΕΎΕΤΕ ΚΑΙ ΕΣΕΙΣ!
    Απο την Αθηνα.Γεωργιος Παπαδοπουλος.

  • @moedeco
    @moedeco 12 років тому +23

    In the symbolism of the Sema ritual, the semazen's camel's hair hat (sikke) represents the tombstone of the ego; his wide, white skirt represents the ego's shroud. By removing his black cloak, he is spiritually reborn to the truth. At the beginning of the Sema, by holding his arms crosswise, the semazen appears to represent the number one, thus testifying to God's unity. While whirling, his arms are open: his right arm is directed to the sky, ready to receive God's beneficence;

  • @MegaLettuceman
    @MegaLettuceman 10 років тому +52

    That's one of the most beautiful things I've seen!
    Let's all be united, people from all religions. I'm certain that's god's will.
    I'm jewish, and I live in Israel, and I send love to my muslim brothers. :)

  • @shubnumsarodia1522
    @shubnumsarodia1522 7 років тому +21

    During my visit to Istanbul two years ago I had the pleasure of watching a Sema ceremony, it was one of the most spiritual and beautiful things I have ever witnessed, currently reading Rumi's Masnavi : )

  • @anafaqir101
    @anafaqir101 12 років тому +1

    Sema is the stylized ceremony of remembering The Creator. Depending on the particular spiritual order e.g. Mehlevis or Shadliyyah, the sema may comprise of particular physical movements, chanting/recitations of Quranic verses, names of Allah etc but enriched throughout by meditative God-consciousness! Consider yourself fortunate then that the ceremony has brought tears to your eyes for something in your innermost recess has been awakened to and reminded of The Creator!

  • @moedeco
    @moedeco 12 років тому +8

    Sufi whirling is a meditation which originated among Sufis, and which is still practiced by the Sufi Dervishes of the Mevlevi order. It is a customary dance performed within the Sema, or worship ceremony, through which dervishes (also called semazens) aim to reach the source of all perfection, or kemal.

  • @nctuyoonjung882
    @nctuyoonjung882 3 роки тому +3

    みんな8年前とかやし日本人でこれをみてんのは俺だけよな~

  • @theGreatEnod
    @theGreatEnod 12 років тому +9

    If all religion was like this the world would be a much better place to live. Beautiful.

  • @xjoey666x
    @xjoey666x 12 років тому +1

    This is the most beautiful WD together with their syeikh~
    Subhanallah..

  • @kayyoung7388
    @kayyoung7388 4 роки тому +9

    I have do whirling almost 12 years. First few years it was more body balance work. Few years later I started to feel the higher energy. Now when I whirling I feel Divine and all is one. ; ) It's one kind very powerful dynamic meditation, suggest to everyone.

    • @papatyagulgurbetci9284
      @papatyagulgurbetci9284 4 роки тому +1

      Kay Young you know what if you are not Muslim You never understand the Sufism and Tasavvuf!you whirling but you just think you’re my only like spirit dancing to us it’s different!

    • @kayyoung7388
      @kayyoung7388 4 роки тому +3

      @@papatyagulgurbetci9284 Thank you for your comment. It's NOT a dance, please understand it's the holy offering to Allah, to God. ; )

    • @kayyoung7388
      @kayyoung7388 Рік тому

      @son beste Thank u for sharing, I'll do it.🙏 I listen to Qur'an with English translation oftenly, your suggestion is included in my most favourite parts of Qur'an ( :
      ua-cam.com/video/bZEsgrRU7ns/v-deo.html

    • @kayyoung7388
      @kayyoung7388 Рік тому

      @@papatyagulgurbetci9284 Today someone left comment to me and I read ur 3 years back comment again, very appreciated. When i lived in Egypt, blessly lived with some Muslim friends. One day i had a deep conversation with a sincere Muslim friend, we shared what we know about God/Divine, in the end she seriously told me I'm Muslim, I got so much joy and felt very very touched, because I come from Buddhism & Hinduism background. It made me realise, no matter what we call Him by different languages, in different cultures, God is the same one. It was a beautiful journey for both of us to know it. Islam/Sufism are the ways for me to know more about God, I don't know that much like a Qur'an hard study Muslim or/and a traditional Sufi, but I did learn a lot by Islam and Sufism, both of them made me have stronger faith and some clarity of God, and experienced "we are one".
      I like the way how I approache God, won't be divided into different religions and cultures. Thank you any way, let me think deeper, have a great day🙏

    • @markrush2107
      @markrush2107 Рік тому +1

      @@papatyagulgurbetci9284 There are two kinds of understanding: with the mind, and with the soul. Muslims may have a deeper mental understanding of the whirling etc., but anyone whose heart and soul is owned by God immediately gets it. Blessings and love to you all.

  • @moedeco
    @moedeco 12 років тому +5

    or worship ceremony, through which dervishes (also called semazens) aim to reach the source of all perfection, or kemal. This is sought through abandoning one's "nafs", egos or personal desires, by listening to the music, focusing on God, and spinning one's body in repetitive circles, which has been seen as a symbolic imitation of planets in the Solar System orbiting the sun.

  • @moedeco
    @moedeco 12 років тому +3

    his left hand, upon which his eyes are fastened, is turned toward the earth. The semazen conveys God's spiritual gift to those who are witnessing the Sema. Revolving from right to left around the heart, the semazen embraces all humanity with love. The human being has been created with love in order to love. Mevlâna Jalâluddîn Rumi says, "All loves are a bridge to Divine love. Yet, those who have not had a taste of it do not know

  • @jipsigal
    @jipsigal 13 років тому +6

    Perfect. This clip shows one the whole ceremony of the Sema. start to finish (unlike the other clips out there that just want to focus on the whirling part). Beautiful production, highly recommend to anyone with even the slightest interest or curiosity in Rumi, the Sema, Mevlevi, Sufism or simply the 'whirling dervishes'...

  • @AshrafulIslam-jr6rm
    @AshrafulIslam-jr6rm 5 років тому +3

    How can I learn sema? Please guide me 😞
    I don't know the process. I want to practice this beautiful spiritual sacred whirling dance here in Bangladesh.

    • @ikris-chan727
      @ikris-chan727 4 роки тому +2

      Ashraful Islam
      There is schools in Turkey that learns people how to be a whirling dervish but I don’t know if it exist any schools like that in another place.

  • @JNeil1975
    @JNeil1975 Рік тому +1

    I find myself becoming very interested in Sufism.

  • @desmondsusu
    @desmondsusu 10 років тому +5

    Beautiful expression of pure devotion and love.

  • @JailSquash
    @JailSquash 7 років тому +9

    Awesome worship of the Creator! Just beautiful!

  • @petelinca
    @petelinca 12 років тому +4

    Maravilhosa e tocante cerimonia religiosa.
    Que o Universo expanda sempre suas Luzes sobre todos.

  • @Sanzo84
    @Sanzo84 12 років тому +2

    Hmm... I'm not familiar with the Mevlevi order's ceremonies but it looks interesting. I would love to spend time with them if I ever go to Turkey, Insha Allah.

  • @mrmfjardim
    @mrmfjardim 2 роки тому +3

    I went to this wonderful place eleven years ago, around the time this video was made. It was a very moving experience that I will never forget.

  • @varcarka75
    @varcarka75 12 років тому +4

    beautiful and so spirtual . I would love to see this in person

  • @ΓιάννηςΜαντασάς
    @ΓιάννηςΜαντασάς 4 роки тому +1

    Hello, my name is John and I wanted to ask you about a recording of sema ceremony which is not further available on UA-cam. Writing only Turkish dervish music this maybe two hour video appeared as one of the first options. If I am not mistaken this was a recording of this ceremony in Instabul either in 2012 or 2014, but for more than three years is not available. Do you know where I could find this audio (or video)?

  • @TheMarv777
    @TheMarv777 12 років тому +3

    Well I just got back from Istanbul yesterday and been to this very place to see the ceremony..Absolutely love it..~Very peaceful and beautiful..thanks for the upload..

  • @Santanasabsaby
    @Santanasabsaby 12 років тому +1

    The green structures are in fact graves.

  • @ckthang
    @ckthang 10 років тому +3

    That was actually quite beautiful to watch. I would love to witness this in person someday.

  • @nesmakhairy5445
    @nesmakhairy5445 4 роки тому +1

    اللهم صل وسلم وبارك على حضرة نبينا محمد وسلم تسليما كثيرا

  • @mirnalawad
    @mirnalawad 8 років тому +6

    Thank you for sharing such a beautiful ceremony.

  • @InfiniteSpiral112358
    @InfiniteSpiral112358 12 років тому +1

    this is so beautiful it brought a tear to my eyes. what an amazing form of spiritual practice, worship, and prayer... i read as much as i could so that i may have some understanding as to what this means to the Sufi, but i did not find anything that explained what the green "tent-like" structures are off to the side. there are quite a few of them, and i would love to know what they represent if anyone could tell me. thank you.

  • @mosal3983
    @mosal3983 5 років тому +2

    Thank you very much to have shared such a beautiful and spiritual experience.

  • @brrkbtl
    @brrkbtl 10 місяців тому

    I m an atheist by the sound of Ney makes me believe !

  • @herndonboy13
    @herndonboy13 12 років тому

    They appear to be graves. Not entirely sure though

  • @shuhaidhassan
    @shuhaidhassan 8 років тому +3

    Masha Allah

  • @scottishshooey
    @scottishshooey 11 років тому +1

    I would love to witness this ceremony for myself and have the whole ritual explained to me .

  • @إسماعيلالفقيرإلىالله

    الله يهديكم..
    فكّرتموني يوم كنت أتمرّن رياضة الجيدو.
    اتقوا الله فإن كل بدعة ضلالة وكل ضلالة في النار.
    دين الإسلام بريئ من خزعبلاتكم والله.

  • @fulviagabrovez9289
    @fulviagabrovez9289 3 роки тому +1

    Absolutely wonderful!

  • @trescomgoma9636
    @trescomgoma9636 11 років тому +1

    Moedeco, lí todos seus comentários! Excelente! Bastante inteligente...!

  • @daysleeperchuk
    @daysleeperchuk 11 років тому

    Guy at 8:37 seconds is like ;"OMG- They're still going."

  • @RYGVisuals
    @RYGVisuals 9 років тому +1

    can anyone give me the name of the song at 4:52 ?
    Thank you !

    • @mahmusicwalks
      @mahmusicwalks 9 років тому +1

      ***** Suzidilara Ayin, this is the soundtrack played during the main part of the sema ceremony ua-cam.com/video/y_wy5PJAzSo/v-deo.html

  • @TheDirtSanchezz
    @TheDirtSanchezz 11 років тому

    I love loaded boards

  • @lutungbale3596
    @lutungbale3596 3 роки тому

    What was recited in @2:11 ? May I have a transcript please?

  • @fpasqualin
    @fpasqualin 12 років тому +1

    Lovely video!

  • @sukranschmitz6417
    @sukranschmitz6417 Місяць тому

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @patsyoconner9506
    @patsyoconner9506 10 років тому +1

    thank you so much

  • @charlesmugleston6144
    @charlesmugleston6144 6 років тому

    Thank you Mevlana Charles Mugleston Omar Khayyam Theatre Company

  • @ritalina1958
    @ritalina1958 11 років тому +1

    So wonderful! Thank you!)))

  • @jameslewis1605
    @jameslewis1605 3 роки тому

    Hmm wonder what they do when not whirling.

  • @iamthatiam2935
    @iamthatiam2935 10 років тому

    yoshi, is one of the original warriors stars sent to bring protection to earth.
    your ancestors therefore you, appear to be one of the pureterian souls.

  • @pedroselenotaelburrojajaja5050
    @pedroselenotaelburrojajaja5050 3 роки тому

    Qué país es ay y que idioma ablan

  • @muhammadsauud
    @muhammadsauud 4 роки тому

    Can someone please tell me the track at 7:11

  • @JohannaElixirdanza
    @JohannaElixirdanza 11 років тому +1

    It left breathless... I also felt a little dizzy by just seeing them whirling. The deep eyes in their faces and the deep of their voices. Wonderful. ¡Thanks for posting it!

  • @poppylful
    @poppylful 7 років тому

    Can someone translate what the lady at the beginning is saying?

    • @poppylful
      @poppylful 7 років тому

      And the gentleman close to the end?

    • @AaAaa-ml4zg
      @AaAaa-ml4zg 7 років тому

      I do not have a perfect English but as I understand and as I can translate:(the beginning part of the video, blonde woman’s speech)
      Sema(whirling of dervishes) means reaching the truth by soaring with mind & love and forgetting nefs(there is no concrete translation for this word but generally means bad desires of human being). Sema means being nothing when you reach Hak(the One who Created everything, Creator, Allah, God) Sema also means being mature and then being a servant of Allah, God again. Sema has been described with these couple of sentences.

  • @zanamessia248
    @zanamessia248 8 років тому

    wow... the ney just kills you

    • @papatyagulgurbetci9284
      @papatyagulgurbetci9284 4 роки тому

      Zana Messia you know why ney whispering name off ALLAH!!Always they whisper Hu Hu !!!!

  • @mushtaqmohammed8529
    @mushtaqmohammed8529 3 роки тому +1

    This is not Islam. This is not how Prophet Muhammad( pbuh) practiced Islam.
    May Allah's curse be on the innovators.

    • @ninaken7109
      @ninaken7109 Рік тому

      Worshipping God in any shape or form is sacred...it's not for you they worship for their Creator...

  • @makedon9991
    @makedon9991 7 років тому

    Interesting :)

  • @baharfyalbhar663
    @baharfyalbhar663 9 років тому +1

    ما هذا من الدين بشي

  • @khany556
    @khany556 12 років тому +1

    This is an innovation by later muslims. It has no basis in the teachings of Muhammed صلى الله عليه و سلم