At head of title on title screen frame: Parabola, the magazine of myth and tradition, presents a Parabola Video release. Subtitle on container and label: a film by Shems Friedlander. Peter Boyle, narrator.
Summary:
"Documentary on Jalaluddin Rumi and the Whirling Dervishes, filmed in Cairo, Istanbul, and Konya. Traces the roots of Rumi's thought, his poetry, the Whirling Dervishes and the esoteric significance of their dance. It transports the viewer to the newly renovated 19th century Mevlevi prayer lodge in Cairo, where we see whirling dervishes invited from Turkey performing a sema in the sacred space of a prayer lodge not used in over half a century. Interviewed on screen are Sheikh Abu Bakr al Sirajeddin (Martin Lings), former Keeper of Oriental Manuscripts at the British Museum in London, and the author of "Muhammad," globally recognized as the best book on the Prophet Muhammad in English; world renowned Islamic philosopher and professor of Islamic Studies at George Washington University, Seyyed Hossein Nasr; Nezih Uzel, the foremost Mevlevi musician in Turkey talks about sacred music; and Halveti/Mevlevi sheikh Omer Tugrul Inanėr speaks about the secret meaning of the ney (reed flute). Original dervish music is heard throughout the film as is the voice of Turkish Hafiz Kani Karaca, considered the world's leading chanter of Mevlevi compositions."--Http://www.rumisociety.org/WingsofLove.html.
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