 |
| The tour is starting |
 |
| On the bus |
Showing posts with label Turkey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Turkey. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
International Children's Day
Hi friends, I want to inform you about a festival we celebrated last week.Turkey celebrate April 23rd Children's Day. It is an official holiday dedicated to the children of Turkey and (from 1979 on) the world. The day is celebrated annually in Turkey with spectacular activities. It is celebrated with the principle of "PEACE AT HOME, PEACE IN THE WORLD" through the participation of an average of 42 countries. This year it was celebrated in Konya and more than 100 countries have participated up to today.
Melike Örnek
Melike Örnek
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Friday, December 09, 2011
Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi
Turkey is hosting the ceremony of commemoration of Mevlana 10/17 December
His favourite saying:
Come, no matter what you are,
Whether atheist or sun worshipper.
Whether you’ve backslid a thousand times,
Come, no matter what you are.
Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi is an Anatolian holy man who gave hope and inspiration to humanity. Mevlana, who is also known as Rumi, was a philosopher and mystic of Islam, His doctrine advocates unlimited tolerance, positive reasoning, goodness, charity and awareness through love. To him and to his disciples all religions are more or less truth. Looking with the same eye on Muslim, Jew and Christian alike, his peaceful and tolerant teaching has appealed to men of all sects and creeds. Every year during 10th and 17th of December in Konya, all the whirling dervishes perform sema which is part of the inspiration of Mevlana as well as of Turkish custom, history, beliefs and culture. It is his poems about Sufism, however, for which he is chiefly remembered, respected and admired today.
According to Mevlana, love is the only thing necessary to attain God. A plant or an animal may also love, but it is only man who has the capacity to love with his body, mind, thoughts and memory. Mevlana exalts the state of being in love with a woman because if someone loves someone else, he also loves himself, humanity, the universe and God. The most beautiful love, “Love of Truth,” begins when someone reaches this level of wisdom. Followers of Mevlana (Mevlevi) spin around and around in a ritual called “sema.” This ritual symbolizes a world united in love and keeping step with the world’s universal rotation. While one of their hands points to the sky, the other hand points to the ground meaning “Love from God spreads to the earth”. The spirit bursts forth from God and is immortal. The sound of the nay (a reed flute) tells of man’s longing to return to his initial source. He means that the universe is an endless place within the existence of God, and as a small part of the whole, man keeps that divine essence inside him by saying, “You who search for God, it’s you that you’re searching for....”
His favourite saying:
Come, no matter what you are,
Whether atheist or sun worshipper.
Whether you’ve backslid a thousand times,
Come, no matter what you are.
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Friday, August 05, 2011
Karaman - Türkiye
En la ciudad de Karaman (la antigua Laranda), situada al sur de Anatolia central y a 370 km de la capital Ankara, está la escuela turca participante en el proyecto, la Mareşal Mustafa Kemal İlköğretim Okulu.
In Karaman (the ancient Laranda), in the south of central Anatolia, 370 km far from the capital city Ankara, is located the Mareşal Mustafa Kemal İlköğretim Okulu, the Turquish school involved in the project.
 |
| Clic sobre la imagen |
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)