Music and Ritual in Trebbus Mevlevi Tekke (Lodge) in Germany

Germany is one of the countries in Europe with a very large Muslim population. Therefore, it is possible to see many different Sufi groups there. One of these Sufi groups is the Mevlevis. The first Mevlevi tekke (lodge) was founded in the 1990s in Germany under the name of Mevlevi Association ( Verein ). Today there are two different Mevlevi groups, which are located in Nurnberg and Trebbus. The Trebbus Tekke is the place where the Mevlevi order is represented along with the Kubrevi order. The purpose of this article is to analyze music in rituals in the Trebbus Mevlevi Tekke in Germany, document the contemporary development of the German rituals, and investigate the effect of different cultural contexts and cultural influences on the nature of the resulting communities.