Succulent lamb soon fills our plates, and I'm about to be granted an unusual wish-a rare private audience with the whirling dervishes.

我有一个不寻常的愿望就要得以实现了——独自观赏托钵僧的旋转舞，这是非常罕见的待遇。

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During the 10-day or 21-day tours (the "month" in the tour name is slightly misleading, organizers admit), tour members stay in a 400-year-old Sufi lodge in Istanbul's Eyup district, visit the ancient city of Konya to visit the tomb of Sufi mystic Rumi, and admire the ecstatic services of the whirling dervishes who follow his teachings.

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As a sop, festival officials say they may sign up a bunch of Turkish dervishes to do some whirling.

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