Sema or sama (Arabic: سماع ) is a term that means hearing. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language It is used, as a borrowed word in Persian, to refer to some of the ceremonies used by various sufi orders and often involves prayer, song, dance, and other ritualistic activities. Sufism ( تصوّف - taṣawwuf, Persian: صوفی‌گری sufigari, Turkish: tasavvuf, Urdu: تصوف

Sema dancing is known to Europeans as the dance of the Whirling Dervishes (see Sufi whirling), although many forms of sema do not include whirling. The Mevlevi Order or the Mevleviye are a Sufi order founded by the followers of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi-Rumi, a 13th century Persian The practice of Sufi whirling (or Sufi spinning) ( Arabic: رقص سماع is a twirling Meditation that originated among Sufis which is still

See also

• Qawwali - A form of Sema in South Asia

External links

• The Mevlevi Sema Ceremony

Qawwali ( Urdu / Persian: قوٌالی; Punjabi / Multani: ਖ਼ਵ੍ਵਾਲੀ قوٌالی Brajbhasha / Hindi

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