"People watch the <a href=""http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/24/travel/turkey-mevlevi-dervishes/index.html"">""Whirling Dervishes""</a> perform a traditional Sufi dance at a mosque complex in Damascus, Syria, on Monday, July 21. Those in the Order of the Mevlevi, a Sufi sect from the 13th century, are known as ""Whirling Dervishes."" Through the practice of ""sema,"" or listening, in a prayer-induced trance, they aim to act as a bridge between God and humankind."
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