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Anne CHAON

'Third Way': Turkey's Whirling Dancers Celebrate Mystic Rumi's Tolerance

Whirling dervishes perform dances celebrating the teachings of mystic Sufi poet Rumi (Credit: AFP)

The skirts of whirling dervishes twirl in a symphony of disco colours celebrating mystic Sufi poet Rumi at a cultural centre in central Turkey's Konya.

Every year, the "Seb-i Arus" ("Wedding Night") festival honouring Rumi's death on December 17, 1273, draws so many people that traditional venues are not large enough to contain the crowds.

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