Sikke
The Sikke (also Külach; Arabic. Taj تاج dt. Cap , hat , crown ) is the traditional headgear of the dervishes , especially the dancing dervishes of the Mevlevi order.
Material and appearance
Similar in shape to a fez , but 25–30 cm high and opening into a dome. The felt hats are double-walled and usually in red, brown or beige tones. In everyday life, Sikke is often with a turban destar of cotton provided.
use
In addition to the patched robe, the patched skirt khriqa , the begging bowl kashkul and the prayer chain subha , the sikke is part of the traditional dervish costume . Like the costume, the headgear differs in the various dervish brotherhoods.
origin
The Sikke in its typical shape of the pointed felt hat probably comes from "the magicians of ancient Iran and the wandering followers of Zarathustra". Originally it was more like a sugar loaf , was not only made of felt, but also made of fabric and provided with various cap gussets. The number of these gussets and folds strongly corresponded to a fraternity-specific symbolism. Twelve strong correspond to the twelve Imams of the Shia .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jürgen Frembgen: Clothing and equipment for Islamic seekers of God: a contribution to the material culture of dervishes. Otto-Harrassowitz-Verlag, Wiesbaden 1999, ISBN 3-447-04184-6 , p. 34.
- ↑ Jürgen Frembgen: Dervishes. Lived Sufism. Wandering mystics and ascetics in the Islamic Orient . DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 1993, ISBN 3-7701-2829-X , pp. 144f.