Yazidism
The Yazidi are mostly Kurdish-speaking people with ancient Indo-Iranian roots, who have their own religion and ethnic identity. They are primarily living in the Mosul region of northern Iraq, with additional communities in Transcaucasia, Armenia, Turkey, and Syria in decline since the 1990s – their members immigrating to Europe, especially to Germany. Their religion, Yazidism, is a branch of Yazdânism, and is seen as a highly syncretic complex of local Kurdish beliefs and Islamic Sufi doctrine introduced to the area by Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir in the 12th century. The Yazidi believe in God as creator of the world, which he placed under the care of seven holy beings or angels, the chief of whom is Melek Taus, the Peacock Angel.
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Money for Islamic clothing. Insha'Allah, this works now! →
(Source: semasahin, via zarathustrianstuff)
Yazidi New Year. Celebrators light candles outside the Lalish temple in Iraq.
A Kurdish-Yazidi woman with her young daughter. Yazidism is an ancient religion of Mesopotamia which surprising still exists today due to much suspicion and discrimination in this area of the world. This image was taken in Iraqi-Kurdistan close to the Syrian and Turkish borders. Her husband is a farmer and they live in a mud house, great for insulation!
Yazidi by Swiatoslaw Wojtkowiak on Flickr.
Home altar of Peacock Angel in Yazidi house in northern Iraq.
