
© Mohamed el-Fers
The Mevlana Rumi Sufi Calendar
JULY

De Grand Sjeik van het Moederhuis in Konya, temidden van de hoofden
van kloosters uit het Osmaanse Rijk.
AUGUST

Met papa poseren in de draaihouding, 1907, fotostudio in Istanbul.
SEPTEMBER

De sjeik van de Draaiende Derwisjen met zijn staf.
OCTOBER

Een meester-fluitspeler geeft een demonstratie voor het Mevlana-klooster.
10 Muharram 1316, dat is juni 1898.
NOVEMBER

Het echte draaien ging te snel voor de toenmalige fotografie,
dus poseerden deze derwishen in 1890 in de draaihouding.
DECEMBER

Draaiende Derwisjen begonnen vaak op jonge leeftijd.

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WORLD WIDE CELEBRATIONS
By Murat Kirbaçoglu
Konya - On the 3rd International Mevlana congress at the Selçuk
University of Konya, authors Mohamed el-Fers and Dr. Veyis Güngör
announced that the 800th anniversary of the birth of Mevlana
should be an European Celebration of tolerance, reason and access
to knowledge. According the principles and through the love
of Mevlânâ. Four Turkish Ministers of State present
seem to agree, why limit the most eminent philosopher and greatest
mystic writer of Islam to Europe only? The whole world needs
Mevlânâ!
On the 14th of January 2005 the Turkish Permanent Delegation
to UNESCO addressed a letter to the Director-General of the
UNESCO requested that UNESCO should be associated in 2007 with
the 800th anniversary of the birth of Mevlânâ. The
request was supported by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of
Afghanistan, as Mevlânâ was born in Balkh in North
East Afghanistan.
The Director-General noted that the man that marked Islamic
culture and devotion for centuries met the criteria 'adopted
by the Executive Board at its 159th session'. He proposed that
UNESCO should be associated with the celebration of his 800th
anniversary in 2007.
So, UNESCO party the 800th anniversary world wide, TÜRKEVi
and MOKUMTV celebrate the birth of the Master of the Free Spirit
on a smaller scale in the Capital of the free world: Amsterdam.
Images provided by Murat Kirbaçoglu