.It was an amazing experience an much more powerful than my visit there last time.

One man was playing a flute and there were several drummers.  A lead man was chanting and the congregation usually responded. The men were twirling, but not the full circle of the whirling dervish.  It was like a circle made by moving the upper body rather than the feet.  The music became more and more intense and hypnotic until I noticed that one young man was clearly in a trance.  In this photo he is the one on the left side wearing the gray galabaya with a white he'd scarf covered by black one.

After some time he was twirling so feverishly that both scarfs flew off and he continued.  I cannot begin to describe the expression on his face.  Eventually he fell to the floor and his body was shaking uncontrollably. A few men stood around him, whether to keep a close eye on him or protect him from a full on view I do not know.  They let him "finish" his state in peace and then he rose to once again twirl, but much less intensely.  After about five or ten minutes he left.  I could not believe my eyes when I saw him don