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Mevlana Doğarken
Last month I attended the celebration of Rumi's 800th birthday at Bilkent Concert Hall. The celebration consisted of three parts. Mevlana's life told by his poems (read in English and Turkish by Yıldız Kenter, the everfamous elegant actress, and Talat Halman, the first minister of culture in Turkey), a concert (consisting of Yunus Emre Ouverture and the world premiere of Mevlana Concerto) and a Sema ritual.
The tickets were sold out so me and my mom went there hoping that we could get in somehow. And miraculously, we did! But that's not all. We sat on the protocol row and I was wearing my bright green Converse All Star shoes!!! My knees started to hurt during breaks when I tried to hide them from view because all the important people were wandering around us. I was less than a meter close to Yıldız Kenter! *dies* X_X
Anyway, that was quite an adventure. Here are some of the memorial quotes from the first part telling theblife of Rumi:
"The lovers of God have no religion but of God's."
"Tanrı'nın aşıkları, Tanrı'nın dini dışında din tanımazlar."
"In the world of love, there can be no death."
"Sevgi dünyasında ölüm var olamaz."
"Woman is the light of God. She is not a creature; she is the creator."
"Kadın Tanrı'nın aydınlığıdır. Kadın bir yaratık değil, yaratıcıdır."
I hope I got them all right ^^ Besides these, I learned some trivia about the Dervish. The reason they turn from left to right is because the heart is on the left side. Cool, huh?
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