It is a great tradition for the Suffi to sing and dance as a way to feel closer to their God, and feel closer to themselves. They use dance to find the God within. To dance, they use the whirling technique. The Sufis twirl in continuous motion with both arms up in the air, in some cases, one arm can be pointed to the ground while the other arm is pointing to the sky. This arm movement symbolizes reaching for the divine. This whirling is done so fast that it becomes for the dancer an ecstatic and meditative-like state. The rhythmic dancing, combined with poetry and chanting of religious…