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  2. Dances With Wolves - Wikipedia

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    Dances With Wolves is a 1990 American epic Western film starring, directed, and produced by Kevin Costner in his feature directorial debut. It is a film adaptation of the 1988 novel Dances With Wolves, by Michael Blake, that tells the story of Union Army Lieutenant John J. Dunbar (Costner), who travels to the American frontier to find a military post and who meets a group of Lakota.

  3. Sufi whirling - Wikipedia

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    Whirling Dervishes in Istanbul, Turkey Whirling Dervishes, at Rumi Fest 2007. Sufi whirling (or Sufi turning) (Turkish: Semazen borrowed from Persian Sama-zan, Sama, meaning listening, from Arabic, and zan, meaning doer, from Persian) is a form of physically active meditation which originated among certain Sufi groups, and which is still practiced by the Sufi Dervishes of the Mevlevi order and ...

  4. Dervish - Wikipedia

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    The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is proverbially associated with dervishes is best known in the West by the practices (performances) of the Mevlevi order in Turkey, and is part of a formal ceremony known as the Sama. It is, however, also practiced by other orders.

  5. Konya: Turkey’s ancient city of whirling dervishes - AOL

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    A beautiful pilgrimage city where whirling dervish worship was born, central Turkey’s Konya is a destination of historic and natural treasures.

  6. Wes Studi revisits 'Dances With Wolves' and the changing ...

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    The "Last of the Mohicans" star hopes to see more representation for Native Americans on film and television. “We’re getting to see Natives in contemporary situations and still bringing it as ...

  7. Hodjapasha Culture Center - Wikipedia

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    The Hodjapasha Culture Center is housed in a former 15th-century hammam in Istanbul, Turkey. [1] It hosts whirling dervish ceremonies, as well as other events such as the dance show "Rhythm of the Dance".

  8. Mevlevi Order - Wikipedia

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    Hodjapasha Culture Center is a restored Ottoman hamam (Turkish bath) in Istanbul's Sirkeci district now used for performances of the Mevlevi (whirling dervish) sema.. The Mevlevi Order or Mawlawiyya (Turkish: Mevlevilik; Persian: طریقت مولویه) is a Sufi order that originated in Konya, Turkey (formerly capital of the Sultanate of Rum) and which was founded by the followers of ...

  9. Michael Blake, Oscar-winning writer of Dances With Wolves ...

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    Michael Blake, who wrote the novel Dances With Wolves and penned its subsequent film treatment, has died at 69, Variety reports. Blake spent his childhood in Texas and Southern California, where ...