| Description |
THIS IS A UNIQUE EXCLUSIVE HAND EMBROIDERED TEXTILE WITH PLATED SILVER THREADS REPRESENTING THE WHIRLING DERVICHE SUFI SEMA DANCE KNOWN BY THE DERVICHE SUFI AS THE SEMA DANCE REPRESENTING THE MYTHTICAL PHILOSOPHY OF MEVALNA JALAEDDINE EL RUMI, POET AND PHILOSOPHE. DERVICH SUFI BROTHERHOOD USED THIS SEMA DANCE AS SYMBOLE OF MEVLANA RELIGIOUS CELEBRATIONS. THIS PIECE OF TEXTILE IS ORDERED BY AN OTHOMAN SULTAN TO BE GIVEN AS A GIFT TO A DERVICH SUFI MASTER IN MEVLANA RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES. THIS IS A VERY RARE PIECE TO BE FOUND AND PRESERVED IN THIS GOOD CONDITION. |
