Film, Video Celebrating Rumi: An Evening of Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi's Poetry and Sufi Music with Whirling Dervishes
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Title
- Celebrating Rumi: An Evening of Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi's Poetry and Sufi Music with Whirling Dervishes
Summary
- The Library's African and Middle Eastern Division and the Music Division co-sponsored a poetry and music program with the Turkish Embassy titled "Celebrating Rumi: An Evening of Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi's Poetry and Sufi Music with Whirling Dervishes." This was the first of several programs which launched the UNESCO's International Year of Rumi in the United States. Rumi who lived in the 13th century wrote poetry in Persian, which has not only survived for 800 years, but has been translated into numerous languages around the world. Talat Sait Halman, the head of the department of Turkish Literature and dean of the faculty of Humanities and Letters at Bilkent University, read from his own translation of Rumi's poetry. Ahmet Ozan, a well known performer of popular Turkish music, sang Turkish Sufi songs inspired by the works of Rumi. He was accompanied by a musical ensemble performing on traditional musical instruments, along with two whirling dervishes on the stage of the Coolidge auditorium.
Names
- Library of Congress
- Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division, sponsoring body
- Library of Congress. Music Division, sponsoring body
Created / Published
- Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2007-03-14.
Headings
- - Biography, History
- - Culture, Performing Arts
- - Literature
- - Poetry
- - Culture, Folklife
- - Performing Arts, Music
Notes
- - Classification: Fine Arts.
- - Classification: General Works.
- - Classification: Language and Literature.
- - Classification: Music and Books on Music.
- - Ahmet Ozan, Talat Sait Halman.
- - Recorded on 2007-03-14.
- - Kids, Families.
Medium
- 1 online resource
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Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021687821
Online Format
- video
- image