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'''Sema''' or '''sama''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: سماع ) is a term that means ''hearing''. It is used, as a borrowed word in [[Persian language|Persian]], to refer to some of the ceremonies used by various [[sufi]] orders and often involves prayer, song, dance, and other ritualistic activities.
Sema dancing is known to Europeans as the dance of the [[Whirling Dervishes]] (see [[Sufi whirling]]), although many forms of sema do not include whirling.
== See also ==
* [[Qawwali]] - A form of Sema in South Asia
==External links==
* [http://www.mevlana.net/sema.htm The Mevlevi Sema Ceremony]
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