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Ozhan Gultepe, in black, left, of the Turkish group Whirling Dervishes of Rumi surveyed the swirling performers onstage at the Lyric Theater in Kansas City, Mo. The swirling dance, called a Mevlevi Ritual Dance or Sema in the Islamic religion, was preceded by a Sufi music concert at Lyric Theater.
Ozhan Gultepe, in black, left, of the Turkish group Whirling Dervishes of Rumi surveyed the swirling performers onstage at the Lyric Theater in Kansas City, Mo. The swirling dance, called a Mevlevi Ritual Dance or Sema in the Islamic religion, was preceded by a Sufi music concert at Lyric Theater.
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