The Ceremony of the Bektashi Djem available on February 15 2015 from Amazon for 12.41
Various Artists - Turkey-The Ceremony of the Bektashi Djem (Music CD) available on December 29 2014 from Base for 10.79
EAN bar code 3149028018721 ξ1 registered February 15 2015
EAN bar code 3149028018721 ξ2 registered September 27 2014
Product category is MUSIC CD - CD - World Audio
Manufacturered by Ocora
Product weight is 0.37 lbs.
This release celebrates the Bektashi ceremony of the djem, which features semah sacred dancing and sung poetry accompanied on the saz lute. The djem is both a liturgy commemorating the founding myths of the Bektashi faith and a fraternal agape (ritual feast) uniting an entire community. Music, listened to with great intensity, is a link between all that permeates this entire ritual. In these recordings from the Turkish region of Antalya, two 'choirs' are present: one, conducted by Muzaffer Gorgulu, recorded in 2004; the other, conducted by Suleyman Can, in the 'mother' house (the house of the ancestral djem) in 2011.
