street art: Sama dance

(Seyyed Khalil Ali Nejad tomb, Sahneh, Kermanshah, Iran 17/11/2016 Shot by IPhone 6plus

Sama dance, also known as Sufi whirling, is a spiritual practice performed by dervishes, members of Sufi orders in Islam. It involves a meditative whirling ritual, with dancers wearing long white skirts and tall black hats, spinning in a clockwise direction to music and chanting. The whirling is believed to symbolize the journey of the soul towards God, with the outward spin representing the separation from the material world and the inward spin representing the return to the divine. The white skirts represent the tombstones of egos and the black hats represent the tombstones of desires. Sama dance is a powerful and beautiful expression of Sufi mysticism, and it continues to be practiced today in various parts of the world.