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The Sema (Sufism) Ceremony is a dance accompanying with worship ceremony. People participate in this tradition to have a spiritual connection with Mevlevi Slides. The Music assists the dancers spin in a counter clockwise spin while concentrating with the beat. They also put their hands on here shoulders and cross arms. In the tradition, the sema ceremony uses instruments like percussion (Drums), flute and cymbal and Kettle. It helps the performers to be engaged to fulfill the spiritual meaning or reaching god. I compared the Mevlevi to the Buddhist Chant because they both are very similar in their meaning. They both follow the spiritual narrative. They Meditate which guides the scared mind and spiritual meaning. The performers say chants, their music is free meter and is very open, sounding like they are chanting anything comes in their mind. Just like the Mevlevi, it uses percussion. The only big difference is that in the mevlevi, they are dancing and in the chant, they are only chanting. However, Both seem very peaceful and appeasing. They’re not honoring anything besides their love to god and the spiritual meaning to their soul.