Dervish

Em Istambul, pode-se jantar em restaurantes que oferecem apresentações Dervish (Dervixe em português) ao vivo. Claro que não devem ser verdadeiros reflexos da realidade - uma vez que no ritual original busca-se alcançar o êxtase religioso - mas pode-se ver um pouco da dança.

Abaixo, um vídeo curtinho que filmei e também a definição em inglês copiada da Wikipedia.

É interessante ver como o dançarino rodopia sobre um pé e, praticamente, não sai do eixo. Eu ficaria tonta no 2o giro... :) Confesso que fiquei um pouco decepcionada quando vi que não saía disso - como falei, no vídeo há um trecho muito curto, mas ao vivo são 2 músicas - de duração razoável - na seqüência, uma pausa de 20' para descanso e mais outras 2 músicas. Então fica algo meio monótono, mas se você pensar na concentração que o dançarino precisa ter... Chega a ficar emocionante! Principalmente para quem, como eu, curte melodias do gênero.

Espero que gostem!

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Darvesh [1] or Dervish ( Arabic and Persian: درویش ), as it is known in European languages, refers to members of Sufi Muslim ascetic religious Tarika, known for their extreme poverty and austerity, similar to mendicant friars, also called fakirs amongst Muslims [1]. Dar in Persian means 'a door', so Darvesh literally means 'the one who goes from door to door' [1]. The term comes from the Persian word Darvīsh [1] (درویش), which usually refers to a mendicant ascetic. This latter word is also used to refer to an unflappable or ascetic temperament (as in the Urdu phrase darwaishana thabiyath for an ascetic temperament); that is, for an attitude that is indifferent to material possessions and the like. As Sufi practitioners, dervishes were known as a source of wisdom, medicine, poetry, enlightenment, and witticisms. For example, Mollah Nasr-ad-Din (Mulla Nasrudin, Hoja Nasrudin) had become a legend in the Near East and the Indian subcontinent, not only among the Muslims.

Religious practice

Many dervishes are mendicant ascetics who have taken the vow of poverty, unlike mullahs. The main reason why they beg is to learn humility, but dervishes are prohibited to beg for their own good. They have to give the collected money to other poor people. Others work in common professions; Egyptian Qadiriyya – known in Turkey as Kadiri – for example, are fishermen. Rifa'iyyah dervishes travelled and spread into North Africa, Turkey, The Balkans, Iran, India, Afghanistan and Tajikistan There are also various dervish groups (Sufi orders), almost all of which trace their origins from various Muslim saints and teachers, especially Ali and Abu Bakr. Various orders and suborders have appeared and disappeared over the centuries. The whirling dance that is proverbially associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try to reach religious ecstasy (majdhb, fana). The name "Mevlevi" comes from the Persian poet, Rumi, whose shrine is in Turkey and who was a Dervish himself.