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I named her Angel / by Nefin Dinç.
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- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Dinç, Nefin.
- Series:
- Filmakers Library online
- Filmakers library online
- Language:
- English
- Turkish
- Subjects (All):
- Dervishes.
- Girls--Religious life--Turkey.
- Girls.
- Mevleviyeh.
- Sufism--Turkey.
- Sufism.
- Girls--Religious life.
- Turkey.
- Genre:
- Documentary.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (29 min.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English; Turkish, subtitles in English.
- Summary:
- The Whirling Dervishes, also known as the Mevlevi Brotherhood, are part of the Sufi mystic tradition of Islam. While little is known in the Western world about their traditions, the filmmaker gained rare access to a Mevlevi religious den who allowed her to film their practices. For a year she followed Elif, a 12 -year-old Turkish girl, who undertakes the spiritual and physical training to learn ritual whirling. In this colorful film we see the gentle Elif attend meetings where she listens to the spiritual leader talk about matters of life and death, being human, the meaning of the colors of the Tenures (robes) worn by the worshippers, and the nature of Allah. She learns the teachings of Rumi, the mystic poet, who was the founder of the Dervishes in the 13th Century .She understands. She masters the trance-like state that allows dervishes to mentally detach themselves from their bodies and dance without becoming dizzy. The film concludes by showing the Seb--i-Arus ceremony at the centuries -old Galata Mevlevi Temple where Elif conquers her stage fright and joins in the extraordinary dance. An important film that shows viewers a different face of Islam.
- Notes:
- Originally released as DVD.
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2011. (Filmakers library online). Available via World Wide Web.
- Dallas Video Festival, 2006
- Hot Springs International Film Festival, 2006
- Tiburon International Film Festival, 2007
- Washington, DC Independent Film Festival, 2007
- OCLC:
- 747797625
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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