The children were dancing like whirling dervishes .
孩子们跳舞疯得像旋转的托钵僧。
Ensemble al-kindi & the whirling dervishes of damascus .
艾金迪合奏团与大马士革苦行僧旋转舞。
The schoolbooks of my childhood were texts designed to teach us why a line was to be drawn between the state and religion , why it had been necessary to shut down the lodges of the dervishes , or why we 'd had to abandon the arab alphabet for the latin .