Enter eBay Number:
Advanced Search
Register /
Password Lost?
 Newly added items
By Country
Africa
Asia
Caribbean
Central America
Europe
Great Britain
Middle East
North America
Oceania
South America
Thematics
By Type
Postcards
Stamps
Covers
Postal Stationery
FDCs
All Types
eBay Shop
Contact us
Payment & Postage
Postage Combiner Tool
Email Alert
|
|
Turkey Old Postcard Salut de Constantinople Howling Whirling Derviches TourneursVintage Old Colour Postcard. Turkey, Salut de Constantinople, Istanbul. Turkish Muslim. Religious. Dancers. Musicians. Ethnic Life. Danse des Derviches tourneurs. Religiosos musulmanes, bailando. Tanzende Derwische, Dancing Dervishes. Souvenir de : Derviches Tourneurs. Native Muslim Dancers. Musical Instruments Qanun, Flute, Musicians.Publisher: J. Ludwigsohn Place Karakeny 21 Constantinople
Series No: S 8455
Faults: Crease at lower left
Background: Dervish refers to members of Sufi Muslim ascetic religious Tarika, known for their extreme poverty and austerity, similar to mendicant friars. As Sufi practitioners, dervishes were known as a source of wisdom, medicine, poetry, enlightenment, and witticisms.
The whirling dance that is proverbially associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try to reach religious ecstasy (majdhb, fana). This practice, though not intended as entertainment, has become a tourist attraction in Turkey.
| Price: | £14.99 | €19.49 | US$20.54 |
Browse in related categories:
|
