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Photos show performances by Turkey's whirling dervishes

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By KHALIL HAMRA and FRANCISCO SECO

ISTANBUL (AP) — Whirling dervishes of the Mevlevi order performed Sheb-i Arus ceremonies in Istanbul, Turkey, to commemorate the death of 13th-century Islamic scholar, poet and Sufi mystic Jalaladdin Rumi.

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