EGYPTIAN APPLIQUE TEXTILE of WHIRLING DERVISH from Cairo Street of Tentmakers

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EGYPTIAN APPLIQUE TEXTILE of WHIRLING DERVISH from Cairo Street of Tentmakers.
Traditional Applique Technique
Colors including maroon, blue, tan, gold, green, brown, black
Size: 17” h x 22” w
Purchased in the Street of the Tentmakers, Cairo, Egypt
Created by Egyptian artist
Not framed but kept in plastic in adult home, perfect condition.  Please email with any questions.
Sufi whirling (or Sufi turning) is a form of
Sama
or physically active
meditation
which originated among
Sufis
, and which is still practiced by the Sufi
Dervishes
of the
Mevlevi
order and other orders such as the Rifa'i-Marufi. It is a customary meditation practice performed within the
Sema
, or worship ceremony, through which 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. The Mevlevi practice gave rise to an Egyptian form,
tanoura
, distinguished by the use of a multicolored skirt. This has also developed into a
performance dance
by non-Sufis, including dancers outside the
Islamic world
.
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