Turkey Br PO Levant on 1d 1908 Old Postcard Howling Whirling Derviches Tourneurs LOTID186821

Vintage Old Postcard. Turkey 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. Postally Used in 1908 with LEVANT overprinted in Black on Great Britain King Edward 7th 1d Red stamp, tied British Post Office Constantinople.

Background Information: 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.
Sent from: British Post Office Constantinople.
Sent to: Windsor
Used Stamp: Levant on KE7 1d
Series No: 1746
Condition: Used.

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