Dear MEL
Topic Readers,
Lord of
the dance: The Sufi mystic who has got the world whirling
Any idea
who is the most popular poet in America? Despite the long diplomatic woe and
hostility since 1980, Americans seem to admire this Persian poet, Jalal ad-Din
Muhammad Rumi. He’s a 13th-century Persian Sunni Muslim poet, jurist and Islamic
scholar whose verses and poems influenced people beyond borders and ethnic
division. His poems express the deepest longings of the human heart for its
beloved, which never change in time or by place.
Every
year, a festival is held to admire and appreciate Rumi in a town in southern
Turkey. The main event of the festival is the whirling dance performed by the
members of Sufi religious order.
Enjoy
seeing this distinctive dance and reading some of his renowned poems.
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