Mevlevi

While strict orthodox Islam frowns on any use of music in religious rituals, Sufi orders have developed a wide variety of ritual observances involving singing, drums and other musical instruments. These rituals often include some form of dance, the best known in the West being that of the Turkish Mevlevi order, often called the "whirling dervishes".

Mevlevi may refer to:

• Rumi, also known as Mevlevi (or Mawlawi), a 13-century Persian poet and mystic.
• Mevlevi Order, the followers of Rumi.

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