they keep calling me
blogging from the internet cafe across the street from my flat in mohandeseen, cairo. it's 1am and i have at least 2 hours of homework sitting in front of me but i can't seem to stop going to the sheesha cafes and shooting the shit till 2 in the morning, coming home too exhausted to stay up for more than 20 minutes trying to do some work. this has become my routine lately and i think it's getting old. feel like i need some "alone time." i'll get plenty of that in agordat next month.
two nights ago i saw some daravishes in town getting closer to god than i've ever been. i've seen the mevlevi order of sufis "perform" before. but these guys were different, these guys were phenomenal (not to take anything away from the mevlevis).
there's something strange about turning religious devotion into spectacle, i have to say that. but the redeeming part is that admission is free. and that god damn these daravishes were something to see. "whirling dervishes" spin around in circles in harmony with the stars, planets, atoms and life in general as they meditate, often accompanied by music. monday night, the dancing and the music moved me in a way that i don't remember from a performance. maybe because it was more than a performance.
i think i've finally found my calling. i'm going to become a whirling daravish.
maybe i even believe in a soul again. or as my friend says, the physical is spiritual enough, what do you need a soul for?
2 Comments:
if you become a daravish, are you going to couple it with loung singing? "they keep... calling me. they keep... calling me. doobee dobee dooo..."
seriously, tho, you're making me jealous with all these late night jet set culture vulture happenings. i'm baltimore. a city asleep by 7pm. sheesha cafes? there ain't even a coffee joint open around here after the 9to5ers leave.
anyways, you should go get some red bull and finish your homework. i got news for you, cap-ee-tawn: you think you're too cool for school, but guess what? ... ... ...you're not.
z...you shall be jealous for only a measley 4 days longer. i'm leaving this town and i don't think i'll be much of a jet set culture vulture in agordat...but who knows, maybe they've opened up a few discos in town, some sheesha bars, brought in some daravishes...
the lounge singing is an interesting idea...it'll be some weird form of fusion...watch out peter gabriel.
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