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'Tombstone' Hats Remind Whirling Dervishes Of Their Death

The tall felt hat of swirling dervishes represents a tombstone (Credit: AFP)

The tall light brown hats worn by whirling dervishes are as intriguing as the elliptical dance performed in honour of the Sufi poet and mystic Rumi.

In Konya, a sprawling city in Turkey's central Anatolian plain where Rumi spent most of his life and died 750 years ago, one of the last workshops makes these special "sikke" hats to order.

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