The Semâ ceremony represents all a mystical journey of man's spiritual ascent through love, deserts his ego, finds the truth and arrives to the Perfec. Then he returns from this spiritual journeys as a man who reached maturity and a greater perfection, so as to love and to be of service to the whole creation, to all creatures without discriminating in regard to belief, class, or race. The dervish with his head-dress(his ego's tombstone), his white skirt (his ego's shroud) is spiritually born to the truth, by removing his black cloak, he journeys and advances to spiritual maturity through the stages of the Semâ. At the onset and each stage of the Semâ holding his arms crosswise he represents number one, and testifies to God's unity. While whirling his arms are open, his right hand directed to the sky ready to receive God's beneficence, gazing his left hand turned toward the earth, he turns from right to left, pivoting around the heart.
From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Oct 11.
The Semâ is consisted of several parts, with different meanings A- It stars with a eulogy Nat-ı Şerif to the Prophet, who represents love, an all Prophets before him. To praise them is praising God, who created all of them. B- This eulogy is followed by a drum sound symbolising the Divine order of the Creator.... 'Kun=Be!' C- Then follows an instrumental music improvisation ' taksim ' with a read ' ney ', it represents the firts breath which gives life to everthing : The Divine Breath. D- The fourth part is the dervishes gretings to each other and their thirice repeated circular walk 'Devri Veledi' accompanied by music called 'peshrev', it symbolize the salulation of soul to soul concealed by shapes and bodies. E- The fifth part is the Semâ (whirling) it concists of four salutes or 'Selam's. At the end of each as in the onset, the dervish testifies by appearance to God's unity.
We will drop you to hotel after the ceremony
We pick you from all cappadocia hotels
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Dervishes (Sema) Ceremony in Cappadocia lasts about 1 hour. The itinerary has 2 stops.
Prices start at $63 per person for this Goreme experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
According to the operator’s current schedule, it runs every day, starting at 6:00 PM.
Children aged 8–11 pay from $51, adults from $63.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
Yes, pickup is offered. We pick you from all cappadocia hotels Pickup points include Hitit Hotel, Sena Hotels.
The experience is available in EN.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 20 participants.
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
Travellers rate it 3.0 out of 5 across 2 reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor; it is run by Stoneland Travel.
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Children under 7 are not allowed, so I canceled at the time of pickup. Of course, refunds were not possible. I'd like you to write a word about a child whose child is not allowed on the site. It was an experience of wasting money.
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