Thanks, Merle; good to hear from you.
When the dervishes perform/practice, it's just too dramatic, too
performance-oriented, too distant. But to participate in Zikhir yourself is
something else. That's what we did. And we had a slew of other practices,
too. It was quite a community, uptown at the Cathedral of Saint John the
Divine. Sufis dancing in the aisles of the Episcopalian cathedral, every
Wednesday night. We'd move a thousand chairs from the Crossing, the hundred
foot square at the intersection of the Apse and Transcept. And then put them
back, afterwards. ;-)
Lots of exercise, after all that exercise.
On Sunday mornings, we danced in Central Park. Forty years ago, really?
--Joe
> Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote:
>
> Â i saw the dervish dancers in sydney opera house... love a bit of
> sufism...merle
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