Hazreti Pîr Mevlâna With Repertoire

Each year in December commemoration ceremonies are held in Konya, Turkey, for Jelaleddin Rumi (Mevlana), the great 13th-century Sufi (Islamic mystic) poet and founder of the Mevlevi (Whirling) Dervish order.

Rumi's death in mid-December 1273 (called Şeb-i Aruz (SHEB-ee ah-ROOZ) is considered his "wedding night," the night he departed this earthly life and was finally united in love with the Divine.

In 2011, the world celebrates the 804th anniversary of Rumi's birth and the 737th anniversary of his death.