Monday, June 16, 2014

Sufi Whirling Dance, Konya, Turkey, Konya City Map

Sufi Whirling Dance, Konya, Turkey




 Konya City Map

位於安卡拉南方250公里處的康雅(Konya),是安托里亞地區的藝術、政治、學術等文化重鎮。作為伊斯蘭教神祕主義教派Mevlevi發源地而廣為人知,來這裡參訪的土耳其過內宗教也非常多。

在康雅(Konya)的觀光以Mevlevi博物館中心為主,其他景點如:伊斯蘭教建築的清真寺、神學院也很多。對已看膩羅馬遺跡的人,也可以在這城市裡細細觀賞伊斯蘭教的建築,通常可以看到與伊斯坦堡與其他國家不同樣式的建築。


分享者:世界宗教博物館

很多觀眾來宗博館參觀,都對穿著白色的長裙,優雅旋轉的影像留下深刻的印象,常常有觀眾問小編,那是哪個宗教的舞蹈呢?其實那不是舞蹈,而是一種很特別的靈修方式,今天小編就為大家做一下簡單的介紹喔~
被稱為「蘇菲教派」的團體在伊斯蘭教裡是非常特別的教團,他們常以非傳統的舞蹈與音樂進行靈修,以期體驗與真主緊密給合的個人經驗。而旋轉舞就是在土耳其 一帶的蘇菲教派的靈修方式,靈修時,一群人穿著同樣的服裝(不一定是白色,但都有長長的裙擺),頭上戴著長型的帽子,一個手心向上、一個手心向下,並且朝 著同一個方向旋轉。通常旋轉時旁邊會有傳統音樂奏出一些節奏。很多人問小編,那他們一直轉不會覺得頭暈嗎?這就是靈修與一般舞蹈的不同,旋轉舞要求靈修者 絕對的專注,透過專注遺忘旋轉,而且也是以重覆的旋轉進入專注狀態,猶如佛教的坐禪,最後會進入一種非常神聖與特殊的心靈體驗。
旋轉舞不是蘇菲教派唯一進行的靈修方式,有些地方的蘇菲會利用音樂進入靈修,有些蘇菲教派會從不斷的跪拜中體驗靈修,所以蘇菲教派在靈修方式上沒有固定的 形式,重要的是個人對神聖與真主之間緊密結合的體驗。而這麼多靈修方式中,土耳其蘇菲教派的旋轉舞蹈因在視覺上非常的優美,成為最廣為人知的靈修之一,而 且旅遊觀光的盛行,也慢慢讓旋轉舞蹈成為一種表演,台灣也有不少社團,會學習蘇菲旋轉舞,並不是因為宗教,而是體驗旋轉舞的特殊靈修方式。



Konya (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈkon.ja]; Greek: Ικόνιον Ikónion, Latin: Iconium) is a city in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey. It is the seventh most populous city in Turkey. As of 2011, the Konya Metropolitan Municipality had a population close to 1.1 million. Konya is an economically and industrially developed city.[2][3][4]
Konya was historically the capital of the Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate and the Karamanids. The Neolithic settlement of Çatalhöyük in Konya Province was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012.[5]

Sufi whirling (or Sufi spinning) is a form of Sama or physically active meditation which originated among Sufis, and which is still practiced by the Sufi Dervishes of the Mevlevi order. It is a customary dance performed within the Sema, or worship ceremony, through which dervishes (also called semazens) aim to reach the source of all perfection, or kemal. This is sought through abandoning one's nafs, egos or personal desires, by listening to the music, focusing on God, and spinning one's body in repetitive circles, which has been seen as a symbolic imitation of planets in the Solar System orbiting the sun.[1] As explained by Sufis:[2]
In the symbolism of the Sema ritual, the semazen's camel's hair hat (sikke) represents the tombstone of the ego; his wide, white skirt (tennure) represents the ego's shroud. By removing his black cloak (hırka), he is spiritually reborn to the truth. At the beginning of the Sema, by holding his arms crosswise, the semazen appears to represent the number one, thus testifying to God's unity. While whirling, his arms are open: his right arm is directed to the sky, ready to receive God's beneficence; his left hand, upon which his eyes are fastened, is turned toward the earth. The semazen conveys God's spiritual gift to those who are witnessing the Sema. Revolving from right to left around the heart, the semazen embraces all humanity with love. The human being has been created with love in order to love. Mevlâna Jalâluddîn Rumi says, "All loves are a bridge to Divine love. Yet, those who have not had a taste of it do not know!"

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