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The Whirling Dervishes are a sect of Islam taught to love everything. They dance while the musicians play. The Dervishes allow outsiders to view their religious ceremony. This was filmed at the Istanbul train depot (last stop of the Orient Express).

This is the Irish Eurovision entry for the 2007 Eurovision performed in the "Late Late Show - Eurosong 2007" by Dervish. It won the public vote and will be performed in the Final in Helsinki.

Tá scéilín nua 'gam le h-insint dóibhse *** I have a new story to tell you Cúrsaí spóirt agus comhrá dí *** It's good crack and chat over drink Úll breá gleoite do chuireas i mo phóca *** A fine lovely apple I put in my pocket 'S ni bhfuaras romham ach prátín síl *** And all I found was a seed potato Curfá: *** Chorus: Ó mo thuírse mar shileann mo shúile *** Oh sadly my eyes cry I ndiaidh an úll ud a bhí breá buí *** After that fine yellow apple An óig-bhean uasal bhí t'reis é thabhairt domh *** And the lovely young woman who gave it to me 'S do thabhairfinn púnt ar é bhlaiseadh arís *** And I'd give a pound to taste it again Do shiúlais Cléire agus Carraig Aonair *** I walked Clare Island and Carrig Aonor Cuanta Béara bhí romham sa tslí *** The bays of Béara Island were before me on the way Puinte na nGréige & na nDorsaí Maola An fhiach 's an lao taobh amuigh de Bhaoi *** The raven and the calf outside of Baoi Do shiúlais Cualach mar a bhíos buartha *** I walked through Cualach because I was sad An pharoiste Thuaidh a 's na hAdhraí *** The northern parish and Eyeries San oileán Muarseadh d'inis dom buachaill *** On the Island of Muarseadh a young man told me Nach bhfáilghinn a tuairise go dtéinn thar snaidhm *** That I wouldn't get word of her until I'd tie the knot (Curfá) (Chorus) Do shíulíos Coíbh agus Baíle na Móna *** I walked through Cobh and Baile na Mona Cathair Tún Tóime & Inis Seircín Síor ar a chósta sea d'inis dhom stróinse *** On the east coast someone told me Go rabh sé 'na sheo acu ar Sráid Néidín *** That it was the laughing stock of Néidín I'd guess this was shot in 1999 for the Midsummer's Night albu, and that was recorded in Spiddal and Calry (Sligo). More details on song's origins, etc. welcome. Cathy Jordan (vocals, bodhrán, bones), Tom Morrow (fiddle, viola, vocals), Shane Mitchell (accordion), Liam Kelly (flute, whistle), Séamus O'Dowd (guitar, fiddle, harmonica, vocals), Michael Holmes (bouzouki), Brian McDonagh (mandola, mandolin, vocals). Dervish - An t-Ull - Cathy Jordan in pub

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from filmmaker Aryana Farshad's amazing film of spiritual rituals and visits to sacred locations in her native Iran-- "Mystic Iran" (2002) 52 minutes. from 2004 interview with filmmaker: I wonder how you ever got the dervishes to consent to being filmed? There must have been some very memorable experiences that you had while making this film. Can you tell us about some of them? Tell us about that lady dervish whom I consider the star of your film. You know the one who was baking bread. She was awesome. A: Yes, you mean Aisha. We gave her the code name Aisha. The most memorable experience I had was with Aisha. In 2000, I had gone to Kurdistan and Sanandaj many times, location scouting for the film. The first trip, I interviewed only male dervishes. They were very kind. We smoked cigarettes together, which made our Kurdish guide very nervous. They promised to think it over about being filmed, but no answer. One day, our Kurdish guide asked me if I wanted to meet women dervishes in Sanandaj. I ended up joining in their rituals. I am not a spectator but rather a participant in life. After my participation with them, the Khalife agreed to the filming at a later date. Some time later the Khalife invited me and my crew to join her group of women dervishes on a pilgrimage, which we did. We started out at 3 AM following behind them in a mini bus from Sanadaj to the village of Najar. We did not arrive there until 9 pm... it was a very long and mountainous drive. When we got there, we saw a huge Sufi center. I went to the second floor, which was the women's center. It was a dorm style room, covered with kelims on the floor. The women dervishes started the sema. I decided to take a picture, forgetting that they were taking their scarves off. Most unfortunately my flash went off and all the women dervishes started shouting: "film, film" and covered over their heads with scarves. Khalife told me to sit quiet. I went to the corner and kept quiet. Everyone quietly went off to sleep. I realized that I had disrupted the ceremony. One of woman dervishes, Aisha, was still in trance and she was "speaking in tongues." I was alone with them as everyone else was asleep. I was worried about Aisha. She kept crying, lamenting and growling. Presently as her friend came around, I asked her why Aisha was in that state. I found out that her Sema was interrupted and she was stuck in trance and needed to finish the cycle of sema. I went down stairs and asked Sheik Najar's daughter in law to join the circle and play the Daf. Aisha went through the trance and dancing. Gradually one by one the women dervishes sleeping next door awoke and joined the circle of Sama. We finished around 4:30 in the morning. I got close to Aisha and her friend after this episode. The scene of fire eating happened the next day, at 6am, while she was baking bread for the retreat.

A song to Dervish Shaqa... by Zenun Maksutaj. http://albafolkvideo.blogspot.com

The preview video of Ireland's entry for the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest to be staged in Helsinki, Finland on May 12th. For more on the Eurovision Song contest visit : http://www.keithm.utvinternet.com/Home.htm

a performance of whirling dervishes in Istanbul - December 2005

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The sixth dance of the show performed by a team of virtuous dancers from Moscow. (As far as I know, this 1995 show has never been released on DVD. These clips are captured from my very tired VHS tape. I think they are worth sharing though, because, in my opinion, this Riverdance show with Michael Flately and Jean Butler is still the best of all the versions I've seen on tape, DVD and a live one in Chicago.)

A version of Gurdjieff sacred movements performed by Osho's sanyassins, courtesy of Osho.

Ireland's 2007 Eurovision Song Contest entry by Dervish, They cant stop the sprin

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