Whirling dervishes are the followers of Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi. He was a great scholar lived in 13th century in Konya, Turkey and established his sufi movement known as Mawlawiyya. His followers, during their rituals, rotate around themselves and around an axis as the planets rotate around themselves and around the sun. One of their hands is open upwards for knowledge from the God and the other is turned down to distribute what they have to the people. The always wear white dresses to represent their purity.

This doll represents a whirling dervish and is fully hand made.