North Macedonia

32’21’’, 2019

DIRECTED BY

Viktor Trajanovski

SCRIPTWRITER

Viktor Trajanovski

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Filip Jordanov

EDITED BY

Stanislava Trajanovska

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This film presents a dervish ritual dhikr in Skopje, performed by members of a number of dervish orders, including: Qadiri, Rifa'i, Sadia and Khalwati-karabashi, belonging to the esoteric branch of Islam – sufism. The whole ritual is included, from the very beginning to the trance when the dervish impale themselves with sharp objects, proving the goal of the ritual – to become one with the Alah – the God. 

Viktor Trajanovski was born in Ohrid. After completing the Master studies in Ethnology, he is presently a Doctoral student at the Institute for Ethnology and Anthropology in Skopje. He is interested in dervish orders existing within Islam