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The Story of Ney (Reed flute) | Abdullah Turgut | TEDxAGU


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listen to the story told by the name of
being separated since I was cut from the
reed bed I have made this crying sound
Mevlana gel early dinner Rumi he has
affected the Turkish Islamic culture for
centuries centuries he starts his book
by saying listen to the neh and its
story so today we will try to understand
that story and the meaning behind it so
let’s start with the physical journey of
today there are two sides of it it’s the
first one is about a physical journey
and the second one is the meaning so neh
is the one of the most natural
instruments so its main material is read
the reads are approximately nine months
stay in these red paths so after that
they are collected and left to stay
under sunlight then the production
process starts
first of all reads are cleaned out and
the holes are opened by burning them
then the headpiece or mouthpiece which
is called bash para is attached to the
ney and it’s ready to play the
production session is completed so of
course this is a little physical journey
about ney there is a big meaning big
representation behind this journey first
of all the very most important
representation is in sauna camel may
represent since Anna camel which is a
Turkish word and it means perfect human
being or enlightened human
it’s the best best version that we can
be actually our story is nice story nice
story is our story
nae starts its journey as a reed and end
up as a nae we come from out of this
verse and try to end up as a perfect
human being so there’s a similarity here
for example another example is Nate
stays approximately nine months in a
reed bed so we stay in our mother’s womb
for nine months
another thing is during the process of
name making the reeds are cleaned out so
this represents our provocation from our
bad thoughts from our bad feelings and
this kind of stuff and to be a good
person finally finally the purified man
starts to grown like neigh make some
sounds this sounds of groaning is about
the wish to return to main home that’s
with Allah or God we are not from this
world we’re from another different world
we don’t we don’t belong here where we
belong is with Allah with God so the
voice of me is about this this departure
playing ney is also another
representation name its name players
mouth and breaths sewn a sound comes
directly from inside so if there are
good feelings inside good and beautiful
sounds are hurt so I would like to share
another piece another part from Marianas
book the voice of me is the fire of love
it’s it’s not just air if anyone doesn’t
at this point it’s necessary to talk
about tasawwuf and Sufism at the end
little bit
some people call it Sufism but there’s a
difference between Tazawa and Sufism so
when you put ISM addicts at the end of a
world it just expresses an idea or an
ideology so tasarov is not just an
ideology the self is an expression of a
way of life
Asaf is a reflection of the nice story I
mentioned earlier in real life so
tasawwuf is a term it’s a proper noun it
cannot be translated in my opinion so
what is the solve teaching of tasawwuf
is basically to love Allah in live
accordingly the main goal of all Sufi
orders is to teach the love of Allah to
reach this call this this goal it’s
expected for a person to purify from bad
feelings bad thoughts selfishness this
kind of stuff so the main goal is to be
a good person in personal life and in
social life true throughout the history
there there and there have been many
different methods to follow in tasawwuf
but one of the most important one is
merely the order which is built by
followers of the maryland followers of
but in there are lots of groups but
there is one thing which is common and
important this is that to learn it from
a teacher from a master or as i call
before from a perfect human being that’s
the order there is a student-teacher
relationship in all Sufi orders that’s
why Mawlana starts his book by saying
that listen people can learn can learn
if they listen
one of the main rituals of male every
order is called sama which is a
ceremonial dervishes in white clothes as
you can see get together and
turn around their own axis and around a
square the original meaning of the word
sama is to hear to listen it’s also a
reflection for Mevlana’s first word
listen of course lots of meanings there
are lots of meanings behind this ritual
again the most important thing is their
wishes turns with all the universe how
is that possible so when we think about
our earth it’s turning around its own
axis and around to Sun also the
particles inside a Nathan they turn
around the nucleus so their wishes turns
with all the universe from micro to
macro they join this movement of
universe they say when the words and the
music starts a piece of music can tell
what many more words cannot so I would
like to finish my talk with a piece that
is plates usually after this sama
ceremonies thank you for listening to me
let’s try to listen to the nay as
Mevlana says
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