Uploaded May 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

There are no traffic lights in the capital city of this tiny Himalayan Kingdom but there is a traffic cop. Here I am at it again!!

Swimming through Jelly Fish Lake, Palau, Micronesia

Yap traditional stick dance and the hoop

Hooping at the Temple of the Divine Madman

Michael Ellis |

Hooping in Thimphu, Bhutan

Name: Hooping for the Whirling Dervishes @8651mjellis
Uploaded: 2011-06-13T01:29:31-0400
Duration: 8 min 17 s
Description: In Cappadocia, Turkey in the heart of Sufism, we saw a wondrous whirling dervish performance in a 13th Century caravanseri. We chatted with the head dervish afterwards and with their permission, I hooped for them. They were in their street clothes. The photos of the Dervishes were taken many years ago when photography was allowed. They do not permit it now.