On 26 February – 1 March 2007, Rumi Forum held Sema: The
Whirling Dervishes shows in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi, in collaboration
with the Pakistan Ministry of Culture, PNCA, CDA and Konya Greater City
Municipality by inviting an exclusive troupe of whirling dervishes from Turkey.
The chief guest of the 2100-people Islamabad audience for the whirling dervishes function was the erstwhile Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr. Shaukat Aziz.
The Whirling Dervishes function held at the Lahore Alhamra Art Centre was attended by 800 people; while the Whirling Dervishes program at the Karachi Art Council had an audience of 500.
Mr. Harun Köken
presents a souvenir to Mr. Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Chairman, National Sufi
Council as H.E. Mr. Shaukat Aziz, Prime Minister of Pakistan, looks on as the
Chief Guest.
Sema: The Whirling Dervishes was also held in
Lahore and Karachi, attracting the public and the state officials alike around
the circle of love and tolerance on February 26 – March 3, 2007.
Sema: The Whirling Dervishes function was presented to a
fully-packed house at the Islamabad Convention Centre on February 26, 2007.
The whirling dervishes turn in enrapture during the Rumi
Forum function, Sema: The Whirling Dervishes, on February 26, 2007 at the
Islamabad Convention Centre.
