Music and Ritual in Trebbus Mevlevi Tekke (Lodge) in Germany

Year 2019, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 77 - 102, 30.06.2019

Osman Öksüzoğlu

https://doi.org/10.33906/musicologist.551058

Abstract

Germany is one of the countries in Europe with a very large
Muslim population. Therefore, it is possible to see many different Sufi groups
there. One of these Sufi groups is the Mevlevis. The first Mevlevi tekke
(lodge) was founded in the 1990s in Germany under the name of Mevlevi
Association (Verein). Today there are two different Mevlevi groups, which are located
in Nurnberg and Trebbus. The Trebbus Tekke is the place where the Mevlevi order
is represented along with the Kubrevi order. The purpose of this article is to
analyze music in rituals in the Trebbus Mevlevi Tekke in Germany, document the
contemporary development of the German rituals, and investigate the effect of
different cultural contexts and cultural influences on the nature of the
resulting communities.

Keywords

Trebbus Mevlevi Tekke, Mevlevi ritual, Mevlevi music, German Mevlevi Orders, Sheikh Abdullah Halis

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