Transactions / Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul

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Sufism, Music and Society in Turkey and the Middle East

by Anders Hammarlund, Tord Olsson, and Elisabeth Ozdalga

Published 1 January 2001

After decades of prohibition, Mevlana ceremonies of whirling dervishes attract renewed interest as forms of sacral music, both in formal and popular genres. This trend runs parallel to an increasing concern for cultural, ethnic and religious identities, where the rising tide of religious revivalism sets the tone.