Cappadocia Whirling Dervish Ceremony: A Mystical Journey of Spiritual Ascent through Love
4.5
6 Ratings
Göreme
Experience the mystical journey of the Cappadocia Whirling Dervish Ceremony, a spiritual ascent through love. Witness the transformation of the dervish as he reaches maturity and serves all creatures.
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Ortahisar - The Sema ceremony symbolizes a profound voyage of a human’s spiritual elevation through the power of love, the discovery of veracity, and the attainment of ‘Perfection’. Subsequently, he emerges from this spiritual odyssey as an individual who has achieved maturity and the ideal state to offer love and service to all beings, irrespective of their religion, social status, or ethnicity. Adorned with the Cappadocia Whirling Dervish Hat (the symbolic grave of his self-importance) and his white garment (the shroud of his self-importance), the dervish symbolically experiences rebirth into the truth. As he sheds his black cloak, he embarks on a journey and evolves towards spiritual completeness. By keeping his arms crossed at the outset and throughout each phase of the Sema, he embodies the numeral one and testifies to the unity of Allah.
What's Included
- pick up and drop out
Additional Information
The Sema ritual symbolizes a transcendent path of a person’s spiritual elevation via love, discovering reality, and attaining ‘Perfection’. Post this spiritual odyssey, the individual matures and achieves perfection, embracing and aiding all beings irrespective of their religion, caste, or ethnicity. Adorned with the Cappadocia Whirling Dervish Hat (symbolic of his ego’s internment) and his white robe (representative of his ego’s shroud), the dervish symbolically emerges into truth. By casting aside his black cloak, he embarks on a journey from the celestial to spiritual enlightenment. Crossing his arms initially and through each phase of the Sema, he embodies the numeral one and affirms the unity of Allah.
Location
Göreme
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Natnapin_t
Sep 6, 2023
Good communication and on-time - The tour operator was very communicative and reached out as soon as we booked the tour. Offers flexibility and reliable pick up and drop off service included in price. The tour itself was eye-opening as it was our first dervish ceremony and different from typical popular hot air ballon activity. Overall, recommend the experience
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Worldnomad_01
Oct 14, 2022
A wonderful experience - Seeing the whirling dervishes was one of our very pleasant experience while in Turkye. We wanted to see something special, something that is Turkish, that we can only see it in Tyurkie, and for us, this was it! The show took place in the old and beautiful Saruhan Caravanserai outside Avanos. There were not too many people watching, then the walls of the old caravanserai, the music, the prayers and the whirling of the dervishes took us to a different world and made it for a very pleasant experience indeed.
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Rajeev_n
Jul 4, 2022
Whirling dervishes ceremony in Capadoccia - The program started on time at 6pm. It was a short ceremony ( about 40 min) . In my opinion, the duration was perfect - since we still get to see the whirling dervishes , but also do get too bored. Highly recommend. The guide picked us up from the hotel and dropped us back.
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Lapostolova2020
Oct 19, 2020
Great service! I highly reccomend! - I contacted Mr Mehmet a week before our travel to Cappadokia. The communication via mail was fast and easy. We booked balloon flight. When we arrived at Goreme we met Mehmet. The service was excellent. He proposed to us other activities and we chose also ATV sunset tour. Everything was as he explained and described. He also made a free upgrade for us and we flew in smaller basket whit only 12 people. I highly recommend the services of Freelance Travel.
Thank you , Mehmet! It was unforgettable experience for us!
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Camimese
Aug 10, 2022
Not worth the time 👎 - Witnessing what looks like a religious and well choreographed but after 5 minutes of 4 guys whirling around I looked around the almost empty place also yawning and getting tired. It’s a great culture but so repetitive and not for same spinning for an hour.
It’s too long save time and enjoy views at a restaurant sipping wine while enjoying beautiful sunset.
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