
From the Vault: Like a Circle in a Spiral, Part 2
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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The Asufi Whirling Dance
Dancers will spin continuously for a solid hour, with something like 30 spins per minuteta. According to the ginnis book of world records, the most sufi whirling revolutions in one hour for a mail went to a shafik ibrahim who spun 905 times within an hour. The asufi whirling dance is intended to be a meditative experience by which their material self falls away and a state of oneness is experienced.
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