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 .

童年的教科书意在教育我们，国家和宗教之间为何要有分界线，为何必须关闭苦行者的暂居之地，或者教育我们为何要舍弃阿拉伯文字而学习拉丁文字。