Statues are intended to be a public art. Many are built to commemorate historical event and convey a certain meaning. As of 2014 in UB there are 153 statues and monuments. But do we know them all?
Mine was "NO" and went on to the journey to picture all of them in a series of posts. First of the series is the Dervish a complex of a statue and a fountain located at the Ankara Street right opposite to Zoos Goyol building.
This statue was built last year to commemorate the Mongolian and Turkish friendly relations. Dervish is a member of a Muslim (specifically Sufi) religious order who has taken vows of poverty and austerity.
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is proverbially associated with dervishes is best known in the West by the practices (performances) of the Mevlevi order in Turkey, and is part of a formal ceremony known as the Sema. It is, however, also practiced by other orders. The Sema is only one of the many Sufi ceremonies performed to try to reach religious ecstasy. The name Mevlevi comes from the Persian poet Rumi, who was a dervish himself. This practice, though not intended as entertainment, has become a tourist attraction in Turkey.
Statues are intended to be a public art. Many are built to commemorate historical event and convey a certain meaning. As of 2014 in UB there are 153 statues and monuments. But do we know them all?
Mine was "NO" and went on to the journey to picture all of them in a series of posts. First of the series is the Dervish a complex of a statue and a fountain located at the Ankara Street right opposite to Zoos Goyol building.
This statue was built last year to commemorate the Mongolian and Turkish friendly relations. Dervish is a member of a Muslim (specifically Sufi) religious order who has taken vows of poverty and austerity.
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is proverbially associated with dervishes is best known in the West by the practices (performances) of the Mevlevi order in Turkey, and is part of a formal ceremony known as the Sema. It is, however, also practiced by other orders. The Sema is only one of the many Sufi ceremonies performed to try to reach religious ecstasy. The name Mevlevi comes from the Persian poet Rumi, who was a dervish himself. This practice, though not intended as entertainment, has become a tourist attraction in Turkey.