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The Yazidi religion has its own perception of the colours, which is seen in the mythology and shown through clothing taboos, in religious ceremonies, customs and rituals. Colours are perceived as the symbolizations of nature and the beginning of life, thus the emphasis of colours can be found in the creation myth.
According to the researcher Victoria Arakelova, Yazidism is a unique phenomenon, one of the most remarkable illustrations of ethno-religious identity, centred on a religion the Yazidis call Sharfadin. And therefore, it is quite legitimate to speak of the unity of both the Yazidi religious identity and Yazidi ethnicity. [149] [140]
In Yazidi religious folk beliefs, Tawûsî Melek is described as eternal and an eternal light (Tawûsî Melek herhey ye û nûra baqî ye), and in Yazidi mythology, when Tawûsî Melek descended to earth, the seven colours of the rainbow transformed into a seven-coloured bird, the peacock, which flew around every part of earth to bless it, and ...
Adawiyya (Arabic: العدوية; Kurdish: Edewîtî), also pejoratively known as Yazidiyya (Arabic: اليزيدية; Kurdish: Yezîdîtî), was a Sunni Sufi order founded by Adi ibn Musafir in Kurdistan. Adawiyya was known for having influences from Pre-Islamic religions. The religion of Yazidism emerged from Adawiyya.
Yazidis were also abducted and forced to convert to Islam; their ancient religion is a monotheistic belief system that revolves around a god known as the “Peacock Angel” and has been ...
This is a list of holy figures (Kurdish: Xudan, Xas, Babçak, Mêr) in Yazidism. [1]There are a total of 365 Yazidi holy figures venerated by Yazidis. [2] Many Yazidi tribes and lineages are named after Yazidi holy figures and there are many temples and shrines built in their honor.
In 2014, IS took over much of northern Iraq and persecuted religious and ethnic minorities. But they saved a particular brand of cruelty for the Yazidi people whose religion they despised.
Qewals are a hereditary group of performers of Yazidi religious hymns who come traditionally from two tribes of Mirîds: Dumilî and Hekarî. However, more recently, there are also some Qewals who are from the Mamûsî tribe. Qewals are the main individuals that are responsible for the preservation and transmission of Yazidi religious texts.