[Hum_Calendar_Events] CNES: The Musical Ritual of the Mevlevi Dervishes (1/13)

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The Musical Ritual of the Mevlevi Dervishes: Past and Present
A lecture by Walter Feldman
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
1420 Schoenberg Hall
The musical ritual of the Mevlevi or Whirling Dervishes (of the Sufi 
poet Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, 1207-1273) originated in the 15th 
century and has been practiced in something like its current form 
since the 17th century. In 1925 it was prohibited by the new Turkish 
Republic, it was reinstated as a cultural commemoration in 1953, and 
in 2005 it was declared a masterpiece of the oral and intangible 
heritage of humanity by Unesco. Officially sponsored performances of 
the ritual abroad helped to increase tourism to Turkey by 30 percent 
in 2007, which had been declared Mevlana Year by Unesco. Given these 
contradictory facts, what had the Mevlevi ritual been in the past, and 
what is it today?

Cost: Free and open to the public

How to Park at UCLA <http://map.ais.ucla.edu/go/portal/1002187> 
For more information please contact
Amy Bruinooge, Center for Near Eastern Studies
Tel: (310) 825-1455
cnes at international.ucla.edu
www.international.ucla.edu/cnes/events
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Megan Rancier, Ph.D.
Outreach/FLAS Coordinator
UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies
 



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