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| Keywords: Yezidismardino.JPG This French postcard Circa late 1800's shows a number of Yezidi men in the region of Mardin now part of Southern Turkey Yezidis are often refered to in a derogatory way as devil Worshipers in the Middle East They are found mostly in Iraq Syria Turkey Armenia and Iran They are also called the Cult of Angels They used to avoid wearing Blue and they avoided wearing anything with circular pattern no buttons Yezidis often spoke Kurdish Their religion is one of the oldest religions of the near east It is influenced by the Zoroastrianism Judaism Christianity and Islam Their greatest saint was Sheikh Adi Ben Musafir born 1075AD in the Bekaa Valey today's Lebanon and buried Lalish north of Mosul Iraq the holliest site of Yazidism http //mideastimage com/result aspx Late 1800s PD-old Yazidism Mysticism Postcards of people in Turkey | ||||
