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The meydanci and the guardian of the mausoleum
stayed behind for tidying up the sheepskin and putting out the
candles. The dervishes who desired to continue sema, they
waited until these last two figures left. Then, they whirled 18
times in the darkness. If one of the visitors wished to make a donation
to the dergah, he might ask for the continuation of the sema. This
request had to be done before the end of the fourth part,
and money had to be deposited on the kudum of the kudumzen-basi
(chief of the kudum players). Dervishes distrubuted this sum afterwards
among themselves or spent for the needs of the convent.
One should also mention
that previously the semazens whirled bare foot while the sheyh
and the semazenbasi wore supple ankle-boots called mes that all
the semazens put on during the sema in later periods. While the
dervishes did rotational movements, the tennure rose up and revealed
long underwear underneath, therefore, the underwear had to be
clean and well kept, like the tennure and the hirka.
Children and youngsters might put on tennures in rose, green, orange, beige or
violet colors.
If there were
more than one sheyh in the sema hall, they assisted the fourth
part together with the sheyh of the convent and formed a circle around him. If
there was only one invited sheyh, he whirled near the sheyh of the convent.
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Sema Ritual
Sema 2
Sema 3
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