Circles of life

1. Zero Circles of life

2. Zero possesses magical powers. Zero is the most powerful number. It is the nothing and itis the egg, from which is created the world. Our ancestors describe it like a circlewith a point in the middle. The circle doesn’t havе a beginning and an end. The circle symbolizes the infinite. The circle is an occult tool, it’s used in many religions, many different dances are played in a circle, people build round buildings. They create ritual tools with round shape- a loaf of bread, a wedding ring, a wreath, etc. Zero,as a philosophical concept is known to the Bulgarians in the early 5000 years BC. It is encoded in the Bulgarian calendar as a Zero day “Annie”.

3. In Bulgaria Paneurhythmy Tekkes Dervishes Exit

4. Dervishes (The dancing elders) Dervish or Darvish is a member of Sufi-religious group. Dervishes live very ascetic and extremely poor life.Dervishes have many orders and beliefs, that are far different from the traditional Sunni Islam. There are orders that were created from ShiiteIslam.

5. The circle is the basis of dervishe’s dances

6. Ceremony of the Whirling Dervishes

7. In Bulgaria In the Bulgarian “horo” are formed geometric shapes - circles . It is assumed, that “rachenitsa" is sacred Bulgarian dance that recreates the rhythm of the sun and symbolizes infinity.

8. After the establishment of the Bulgarian state people began to build churches with round domes. The inside architecture is connected to the Bulgarian calendar. During the Middle Ages the construction was changed, but in the 19th century, old items came back and were preserved to the present days.

9. Danovisti Dunov, called by his followers Master, is Bulgarian founder of the religious and philosophical doctrine which defines itself as "esoteric Christianity" and occultism. This doctrine is known in Bulgaria under the name of danovizam and his followers - danovisti. Also known as students of the Universal White Brotherhood.The danovists are people who live a very healthy lifestyle. The most important thing for them is the spiritual growth ofa human.Ritual place for them are The Seven Rila Lakes which they visit every year.

11. The tekkes in Bulgaria (dervish cloister) (Demir baba tekke) The oldest tekkes in Bulgaria, which arethe biggestand the most famous, arefour – “Demir baba”, “Ak Yazala baba”, “Otman baba”and“Kademli baba” tekke.

12. There are much more tekkes, especially in Southern and Northeastern Bulgaria. Of all mentioned tekkes, only the first two are well preserved and open for visits and religious rites. Ak Yazala Baba tekke

13. Above rooms there are domes , which are externally coated with lead-tin and were painted inside with vegetable and geometrical ornaments.

14. Paneurhythmy The word "Paneurhythmy" has Greek origin and it means a general, good rhythm. In the movements of the dance it is recreated the symbolic fusion of male and femalein the natureand the harmony in a man.

15. Paneurhythmy exercises are divided into three parts:28 introductory exercises, “Sunbeams” and “Pentagram”. • The first part of 28 exercises symbolizes spring. During the second part of Paneurhythmy ("Sunbeams"), the circle is formed by 12 beams, each of which is formed by 6 couples. Music, that is played as a background to this part of the paneurythmy, is called’ruchenitsa’. • After that the dancers are in the positioning for the third part, called “Pentagram” , the circles are arranged radially with 5 couples in beam. The sixth dancers from each beam form a sigle group from 5 couples. With slow movements the couples from every beam are separated and createthe tops of apentagon.

16. Used materials: http://google.com http://wikipedia.org http://www.bg-tourinfo.com/seven_rila_lakes.htm Materials from the school library.

17. Created by:  Daniel & Atanas                                       XI a class                                      School "Zheleznik" Stara Zagora www.jeleznik.org