WHIRLING DERVISH meaning: Sufi mystic performing spinning dance

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Whirling Dervish)

▸ noun: A Sufi of an ascetic order, centered in Turkey but widespread internationally, whose ritual religious observances involve mystical poetry of Mevlana (Rumi), music, and a whirling dance.

Similar:

Dervish, dervis, darwesh, derweesh, Mevlevi, darwaysh, calender, Sufi, Sufist, tekke, more...

Opposite:

stillness, calmness, serenity, tranquility

Adjectives:

kalash, hashemite, takfiri, jihadi, makrooh, haram, qur'anic, haraam, saheeh, unitarian, fard

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