whirling dervishes ceremony III Photo

Photographer’s Note

I decided to post some more shots of this beautiful ceremony. Another 2 diferent ones in the workshop for you to see and have a better idea of the whole event. Today, the shots are from the begining of the ceremony, with the dervishes in the back, in line, giving respect to the profect before start the whirling.

We were not allowed to use flash while taking photos, which worked for the best: the long exposure gives a sensation of movement that would be gone had I used a flash, and the photos turned out a lot nicer this way.

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And now, the explanation of the ceremony:

While we were in Istanbul, we had the chance to watch a whirling dervishes ceremony, at the Galata Mevlevi Temple. This is not a show, but a religious ceremony of the Mevlana sect of Sufi Muslims. It takes place only every 2 Sundays, and we were incredibly lucky to be there on one of those Sundays. It was without a doubt the most beautiful, and most moving, religious ceremony I’ve ever watched. The whole ceremony is filled with symbolism, most of it having to do with the abandonment of ego, and the surrender to a state of pure love and peace. The dervishes wear white dresses symbolizing the ego’s death shroud (coloured for women), a special hat symbolizing the tombstone and a black cape the grave. While they are whirling they lean their heads, as if they were severed, so their egos are not present. The palm of one of the hands points to the sky and the other one to the ground, so as to say “We receive from God and give to the humanity. We keep nothing for ourselves.” The whirling works as a type of meditation and the dervishes enter a state of abandonment and peace. I thought I was going to see a bizarre and visually interesting religious cult. Nothing prepared me for the incredible beauty and intensity of the ceremony.

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I find out the correct coordenates where this event take place, but I can't upload them. Can anyway tell me what's wrong?
The coordenates are - Lat 41º01'40.95''N
Lon 28º58'30.15''E
and it has due with something has decimal scale

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Thanks a lot in advance and Merry Christmas to everyone and a happy weekend for the ones who don't celebrate it.

Galeota, ChrisJ, papagolf21, berek, efigesta, smash2707, Tue, paura has marked this note useful

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Galeota (10334) 2005-12-24 5:56

Olá Ricardo. A nice series, very aesthetic and dynamic due to the slow shutter speed. This is the one I like the most from the ones you posted. I would Love to see this dance from above, and can imagine the circles being made. Merry Xmas.

rhizomes (15325) 2005-12-24 6:01

Salut Ricardo,
Very nice picture !! I like the rotation blur taht gives a special atmosphere to the image !
Great colros too !
Congratulations !
Christophe

ChrisJ (70443) 2005-12-24 7:39

Ola Ricardo

I like the motion blur & subtle colors in this superb time exposure of the whirling dervishes. Parabéns e um Bom Natal para si e família.

jasmis (51029) 2005-12-24 8:20

Smart idea of this seria. Very dynamic, and interesting note.
Merry Christmas!

Graal (58786) 2005-12-24 14:36

Hi Ricardo,
interesting post as previous, good serie.
Thanks and best wishes on Xmas to You.
Rgs, Aleksander

papagolf21 (56765) 2005-12-24 14:45

Bonsoir Ricardo,
Bravo pour cette photographie et pour la note d'accompagnement (c'est formidable ce que l'on peut apprendre grâce à TE et à vous Ricardo).
La vitesse lente donne d'excellents résultats et de la dynamique à la prise de vue.
Amitiés.
Philippe
Que la paix et la joie de Noël vivent en vos coeurs pendant toute l'année

devimeuxbe (56398) 2005-12-24 18:14

Hi Ricardo
It's really beautifull this picture. I like the movement, the colors and the light.
Great one
Bertrand

berek (29041) 2005-12-25 1:46

Hi Ricardo ,
You shared to us other Mevlana's picture. İts great. TFS. Have a nice sunday
B.Erek
Sharpness:8 **Light:8**Colour:8 **Compo:10
**Idea:10**POV:9**Note:10
PS:Evaluation rate is max:10

Galmeida (12559) 2005-12-25 5:10

Olá Ricardo,
Obrigado também pela sua visita ao meu Portfolio. Mais uma excelente captura nesta sua nova a bela Serie. Dança e movimento tão bem capturados e num esplendido ponto de visão e enquadramento. Muito boas fotos adicionais no WS. Quanto às coordenadas a parte de minutos e segundos deverá en conjunto ser reconvertida para a fracção em decimais. Um grau corresponde a 60m ou 3600s. Assim para a sua Latitude teremos 1m=0.0016666 dividindo o valor por 60 e para os 40.95s=0.011375 dividindo o valor de 40.95 por 3600. Soma os dois para obter o total da parte decimal. Terá o mesmo procedimento a realizar para a longitude.

Latitude Final em decimais = 41.028041
Longitude final em decimais = 28.975041

Caso a latitude seja Sul - Deverá colocar o sinal (-) antes
Caso a Longitude seja Oeste - Coloca também sinal (-) antes

Este valores poderão ser agora introduzidos editando e actualizando o seu Post. Para Espinho e pelo Map view tive que fazer pequenos ajustes para colocar excactamente o Icon junto aos locais que tirei as fotografias. Caso tenha alguma dúvida contacte-me e confira estes valores que penso estarem correctos.

Um grande abraço e a continuação de um bom Natal.
Fernando

efigesta (12181) 2005-12-25 5:42

Ola Ricardo

uma outra foto bem conseguida, o movimento em sombras fcou espectacular

abraço
manuel

feather (50168) 2005-12-25 5:53

Another lovely "Degas painting" Ricardo. It must havae been a a wonderful spectacle.
Merry Christmas
Kath

coco (28146) 2005-12-30 17:03

Hi Ricardo.
I hadn't seen this one. Of the three photos of the same theme this is, for me, the best.
The long exposure works very well, and the man in the center of the photo adds a lot of dynamism to the photo.

Feliz año nuevo.

jbweasle (9294) 2006-01-09 13:12

Ricardo, this dervish picture is just as good as the others. No reason not to give it a smiley!

mathiasmo (1729) 2006-01-09 13:20

great shot. and your note is also great! My first thought was to see some of the afro-religion's cults we have here at Brasil. Clothes are similar, so as the place and the way people are positioned. But for my surprise, it's in Turkey! Nice to know about this cult. Thanks for sharing!

smash2707 (2516) 2006-01-17 11:04

Excellent picture! It captures the beginning of the ceremony, an image which I haven't seen reflected in pictures before. You can see the first steps by watching one by one of the dervishes. I love the movement. Really, excellent composition.

john_c (24635) 2006-01-21 12:23

Hi Ricardo,
Each of your three shots in this series has something different to offer, as the expressions and dance positions continually whirl and change. I like the billowing white costume of the key dancer here and her expression. The blurry look in the foreground is contrasted with the details of onlookers in the background who are seen with sharpness and clarity. Great ambience and a true capture of this traditional ceremony.
JOhn

Tue (25608) 2006-03-21 18:52

Hej Ricardo,
Excellent capture, the blur shows very well the motion of those people. The colours are also great and you composed the picture well. Good work!
Hilsner,
Lars

sergio1 (12150) 2006-05-06 19:13

Hola Ricardo
Buen momento de disparo. Realmente la foto aporta mucho dinamismo. Originales vestido para la danza.
Un buen trabajo amigo.
PD: Esta noche toda la aficion del FC Barcelona hemos celebrado el titulo de Campeon de Liga.
Saludos

nika (0) 2006-06-13 11:33

Hola mi amigo!

I remembered you while i was travelling from Berlin to Budapest and you know why? In the brochure of the flight i found a similar photo to this making advertisement for Turkey.
But yours without any flattery is much more better beacuse you didn't freeze the movement of these dancers. I like the way you captured them!!
Nice Monday Ricardo!

paura (39376) 2008-07-11 4:28

Ric,
Os efeitos de movimento, porpiciados pela exposição de 1/8 segundos, ficaram excelentes para mostrar essa bela e harmõnica dança. Belo trabalho.

Abraço

Paulo