Inside the holy temple of the Yazidi, Lalish, Iraqi Kurdistan
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Inside the main Sanctuary temple at the pilgrimage site of Lalish, preserving the tomb of Sheikh Adi, main figure of the Yezidi faith.
The place is wrapped with knotted prayer cloths, that pilgrims may tie and untie, thus releasing the previous pilgrim's wish to be granted.
Throughout their history, the Yazidi were always heavily persecuted. The latest was in 2014, when Daesh (ISIS) killed many Yazidis and kidnapped girls, young women and boys. Boys to be brainwashed and trained as warriors and girls to be sold as (sex) slaves. The genocide caused many Yazidis to be forced to leave their ancestral lands in Northern Iraq.
Submitted: 25/06/2019
Accepted: 01/07/2019
Inside the holy temple of the Yazidi, Lalish, Iraqi Kurdistan
Buy this photo on Getty Images : Getty Images
Inside the main Sanctuary temple at the pilgrimage site of Lalish, preserving the tomb of Sheikh Adi, main figure of the Yezidi faith.
The place is wrapped with knotted prayer cloths, that pilgrims may tie and untie, thus releasing the previous pilgrim's wish to be granted.
Throughout their history, the Yazidi were always heavily persecuted. The latest was in 2014, when Daesh (ISIS) killed many Yazidis and kidnapped girls, young women and boys. Boys to be brainwashed and trained as warriors and girls to be sold as (sex) slaves. The genocide caused many Yazidis to be forced to leave their ancestral lands in Northern Iraq.
Submitted: 25/06/2019
Accepted: 01/07/2019