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"We are the birds we have been seeking for..."

26 September - 2 October 2022

Baba Kamp / Fethiye / Turkey

What is in Conference of Birds Gathering?

Rituals

~ Sacred Cacao Ceremony

~ Cosmos Birthday Ceremony

~ Pachamama Offering 

~ Sufi Meshk

~ Sema Ritual

~ Labyrinth

~ Grief Ritual

~ 7 Direction Prayers

~  Grandfather Fire

Dances of
Universal Peace

~  Everyday  We'll dance together

 

"Drawing on the sacred phrases, mantras  and poetry many spiritual traditions of the earth, the Dances blend chant, music and evocative movement into a living experience of unity, peace and integration."

Concerts & Gigs

~ Medicine Music

~ Ta or Music Ceremony

~ Jam Session

~ Sufi Music

~ Ethnic Music

~ Ancient Temple Music

~ Sound Journeys

~ Open Mic

Workshops

~ Yoga

~ Meditation

~ Raga Masterclass

~ Sema Workshop

~ 7 Valleys of Love 

~ Shamanic Journey

~ Mythology & Massage 

~ Storytelling

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A Feathered Gathering...
THE 3rd Conference of Birds is opening its wings once more !! 

Up in the high peak of Baba mountain of 1300M.,
We will gather again in this Epic Journey of 7 days, passing 7 valleys of Love.
With a great purpose of searching  and becoming the mythic king of the birds .
The SIMURG ,
Just as in the book of Manteq-Al-tair written by Persian Sufi Mystic
Farid-al -din Attar.
 
In the past 2 years, the Conference of Birds has gathered feathers of different colors and cultural diversity of amazing people around the globe, created a community that keeps growing every day...

This unique gathering was created in order to acknowledge and share the Sufi wisdom, healing music and spiritual practices which has been passed down from illuminated Sages until this day.
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Seven Valleys of Love which will be experienced each day of the Gathering ,
~  The Valley of the Quest
~  The Valley of Love
~  The Valley of Divine Knowledge
~  The Valley of Detachment and Freedom
~  The Valley of Unity
~  The Valley of Attainment and Astonishment 
~  The Valley of Deprivation and Death

Elders & Facilitators

We are very blessed to host these beloved teachers and friends who are carriers of spiritual wisdom, makers of peace and restorers of the vision of the heart and  remembering.

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Pir Shabda Kahn
(United States)

Sufi Ruhaniat International

Spiritual Director

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Roxana Campos Arraya (Chile)

Medicine Woman

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Issa Baba
(Turkey)

Chisty Sufi Order

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Lakshmi Lorena Tamariz
(Equador)

Dances Of Universal Peace

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Filiz Telek
(Turkey)

Grief Circle Host 

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Selçukhan Yılmaz
(Turkey
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Storyteller

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Elif Özkoç
(Turkey
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Sacred Seven Shamanic  Arts

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Billur Kurt
(Turkey)

Sound Healer

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Bita Afsharmoghadam
(Iran)

7 Valleys of Love

Musicians

During Mystical Musical journeys to Iran, India, Israel and South America We were blessed to meet the carriers of

spirit of music and soul of songs.
Music is the energy of creation, the way of creators communication and the common language of Love.
It was a big dream to gather all this big hearted music lovers in a circle and giving our gratitude through singing prayers dance the life and celebrate the magical alchemy of Music.

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Mariana Root
(Portugal)

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Sheffy Oren Bach (Israel)

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Ori Bankhalter
(Israel)

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Selen Hünerli Özlav (Turkey)

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Tuncay Korkmaz
(Turkey)

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Özgür Baba
(Turkey)

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Batuhan Polat
(Turkey)

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Aslı Büyükköksal
(Turkey)

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Develer
(Turkey)

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Hasan Orak Ekinci
(Turkey)

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Yar & Pegah
(iran)

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Fuat Yıldız
(Turkey)

and many more...

Meet Our Bird CREW

The dream team supporting this vision with unconditional love, joining creative hands, infinite friendship and pure blessings..

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Rila Köksal

Ritual Designer

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Can Bolel

Sacred Geometrician

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Uygar Karadeniz

Meditation 

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Melis Tör

Medicine Artist

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Niko Dogu

Sound Alchemist

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Deniz Aşık

Holistic Chef

Supporters & Collaborators

Some of them are our friends, some of them are our new friends, They wrote to us and asked to be a part of this gathering to offer their time, effort and amazing gifts. Here are our beautiful Supporters and Collaborators and more incredible musicians of this years event. 

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Bir.one

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Derya Albayrak

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Usha
(Aurora Seher)

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Damla Köleoğlu

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Burcu Sevgi Genç
 

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Mina Kocailik

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Görkem Şen

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Jean & Selin

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Eric Marteau

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Emre Ertegün 

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Brittany Lamers

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Naomi Piel

Choose your Flight plan!

We recommend you to fly with us the Full Journey 

also we are offering an option of A Long Weekend Journey

7 DAY Journey

26 September - 2 October

2022

4 Day Journey

29 September - 2 October

2022

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Videos

Conference of Birds - Call of The Hoopoe
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Conference of Birds - Call of The Hoopoe

Conference of Birds 2019 Presents, Call of The Hoopoe, Credits: Hoopoe: Rila Köksal Attar: Uygar Karadeniz Conference of Birds Festival Founder: Rila Köksal Music: Tito La Rosa - A Song to be born with Sound of Birds: Brenna MacCrimmon - Kuşların Geçiş Taksimi Video Edit: Uygar Karadeniz Video Capture: Güvenç Özgür Generic music by Kailash Kokopelli and Darpan Generic bird image by Andrew Zuckerman This theatrical call of Hoopoe was the invitation to fly through seven valleys at the first night of the CONFERENCE of BIRDS Gathering - May 2019 at Pastoral Valley Fethiye / TURKEY The call of HOOPOE : Beloved Birds!! Look at the troubles happening in our world! Sickness – Poverty – Fear – loneliness- mass destruction of the mother nature Desperate fights over water! Poisoned air! Unhappiness! I fear we are lost. We must do something! For years I travelled over many lands I’ve seen the world. I know many secrets. I know of a sultan of the birds who has all the answers. There is a sultan, beyond kaf mountains peak The simorgh lives , the treasure you seek… A hundred thousand veils of dark and light Withdraw his presence from our mortal sight And in both worlds no beings shares his throne That marks the simorghs power alone We must go and find him. Demand your wings… We are the birds we have been waiting for.. Follow us on Youtube: Conference of Birds Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/COB.Gathering/ İnstagram : conference_of_birds Web : https://www.conferenceofbirds.family/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/conferenceofbirds

"The Conference of birds is a place for inner journeying, friendship and self expression beyond time. A zone in which healing music, songs who calls the essence of spirit, breath walks, dances of universal peace, shamanic practices, special rituals which empowers the bond of our authentic nature, ancient ways of connection and silence become a language."

From Attar 

The parables in this book trigger memories deep within us all. The stories inhabit the imagination, and slowly over time, their wisdom trickles down into the heart. The process of absorption is unique to every body, as is each person’s journey. 

We are the birds in the story. All of us have our own ideas and ideals, our own fears and anxieties, as we hold on to our own version of the truth. Like the birds of this story, we may take flight together, but the journey itself will be different for each of us. 

Attar tells us that truth is not static, and that we each tread a path according to our own capacity. It evolves as we evolve.

Tuncay Korkmaz

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The Conference of Birds was inspired from the original book “Manteq al –tair” written by Persian Sufi Mystic Farid-ud-din Attar.
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