Dancing
has played a major role in numerous religious gatherings. Sufis have
long practiced physically whirling forms of
meditation in order to better connect with Allah. This practice was initiated in the 13th century
by the well-known mystic and poet, Mevlana
Rumi.
Whirling Dervishes
(Public Domain)
Although also called “dancing,” the erratic movements of Donald Trump’s appendages seem more like neurological quirks than like sacred rituals. His own wife hinted that such antics belong more in the closet than on the presidential stage.
Even humanoid robots have been criticized for prioritizing jiggling over tasks at hand. As a team of “tin men” shimmied their way through a Consumer Electronics Show, bystanders “were impatient for them to become more useful, not just a promise of things to come.”
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