Caption | Annual Whirling Dervish Ceremony: During the special “Mevlana Week” a series of conferences, meetings, panels and theatrical performances will held to promote various aspects of Mevlana's life. Every December foreign and Turkish tourists go to Konya to commemorate the death of Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi, who died on December 17, 1273. He is better known as the founder of the order of the Whirling Dervishes. The mausoleum of Mevlana (Rumi) in Konya |
Photographer | Maro Kouri |
Uploaded | 12 December 2007 |
Country | Turkey |
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