Maria Champion Dervish Dancer

Rosalie Smith

Is dervish like belly dancer? Or some kind of ritual/tribal thing? seriously IDK, but I love the dress...:D

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Sarah Shell

It's a Sufi Muslim religious practice, to attain a state of enlightenment.

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Donna Maddix

Beautiful photo

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Helen Maly Madanat

Gypsy.

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Jayme Woolam

Jo Woolam, makes me think of you 😉

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Ed Tily

Lorna Fletcher how's this for a wonderful picture!

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Rik Schmidt

Bridget Schickel, Garnett L. Myers

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Garnett L. Myers

Omg!!! Love it!!! And in California. I wanna go there.

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Lorna Fletcher

Unfortunately Ed Tily, whirling just makes me feel ill, rather than taking me to a place of ecstasy lol

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Ed Tily

But she looks amazing doesn't she xx

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Lorna Fletcher

Yes she does :-) are you trying to give me costume ideas? Because I don't need any more encouragement haha x

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Ed Tily

Well, I love the clothes you make, so yes - any encouragement means nice pictures going up at some point 😄 xx

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Judy Dillon

Would love to know her life story. Thank you for sharing the picture.

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Christie A Haney

Love it

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Carroll Rossi

What year was this picture taken ?

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Magdalena Chałupka

Wow, she looks like Polish singer Kayah in this picture!

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Alisa Murphy

Beautiful!

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Carol Wheeler

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Bridget Schickel

Love it

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Bridget Schickel

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Charly Carrillo

I just love these vintage pic it's so beautiful 👍🏻😍

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Kathleen Glenn

She looks a lot like grandma Bartow. Maybe Jackie could post the picture that she looks like her in if she has them with her.

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Peg Klug

Love

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Karen Mills

I did not think females were dervishes

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Deborah Pierce

Gorgeous!

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Frank High

No technology back then, so slow paced.

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Maureen Trant

A Whirling Dervish?

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Conceição Silva

So lovely

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Paola Smemorata De Falchi

Vale Affa... ho pensato a te...

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Melissa Gordner

That's beautiful...

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Ronny R. Alders

Very nice! Elegant and stylish!

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Vale Affa

grazie :) adoro

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Mary Crestani Silantyev

Her costume certainly looks like a national dress. Don't know where from. Any suggestions?

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Joan Robertson

The dervishes were actually male dancers.

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Noreene Bailey-Treece

My thought too. Only recently have they allowed female dancers and not dressed like this.

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Shakira Piccione Plummer

I think she looks cool

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Carolyn Hornbeck

I thought only men were Dervish dancers. I have to search more on that.

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Connie C Morgan

Well, I THOUGHT the one above sure looked like a man! Whew!

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Carolyn Hornbeck

"Women were received into a tariqa order by a male sheikh, but traditionally were instructed to practice the dhikr alone or with an established branch of females within a specific order. Sufi whirling, a worship of dhikr, became a gender and cla** neutral practice throughout the Central Islamic region." ~Wikipedia

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Cecilia Robbins

Love her costume

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Kathy Green

Maria, you are fabulous!

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Norma Cardoza

Love the pic. .I wish I could've seen her dance. .

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Deb Adams

Cla**y for them then.... awesome

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Carroll Rossi

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Isn't she Maria,The Whirling Dervish Champion?

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Sharon Marangoni

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Is that a real person? I was not sure if Maria was a real person, or if my g-g grandmother was playing the part of Maria in a play.....

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Gabby Smith

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Dear Sharon, Came across this photo. There were Dervish dancers for the Midwinter Exposition 1894 in San Francisco. This is likely where the photo comes from.

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Daniel Pinna

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Great find Gabby! How'd you discover that this is from the Midwinter Expo 1894 San Francisco? Well done!

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Gabby Smith

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This event featured belly dancers and other type female performers in Golden Gate Park. If you go to [external link] and look under their midwinter exposition you will see similar photos. Also, you tube has some examples of their performances [external link] . Sharon, is lucky to have such a photo. Hope this helps.

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Daniel Pinna

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Thank you Gabby for the great resources. Love the belly dancing video copyrighted by Thomas Edison in 1898.

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