#yarsanism

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yarsanî kurds, eastern kurdistan, 2020 by heja rahiminia

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My colleague Peppe Frana playing the Yarsani tanbur

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Yarsanism. Another equally interesting religion, it’s followers consist of mostly Kurds and Lurs.

Contains aspects of Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Islam, Sufism, and Kurdish esoterism. They also have beliefs in reincarnation/migration of the soul (like the Ezidis), and that The Divine aka God incarnates into our world (i.e within ourselves).

“The goal of Yarsanism is to teach humans to achieve ultimate truth. The Yarsani believe sun and fire are holy things and follow the principles of equalization, purity, righteousness, and oneness.”

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Photo is just of a little Kurdish girl :-) Sadly I couldn’t find the actual photographer who took it. Reverse search didn’t help much either, so I could only provide the link to some website that had it displayed.

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yarsanî kurds, eastern kurdistan, 2020 by heja rahiminia 

click here to learn more about the yarsan faith

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yarsan women and children, eastern kurdistan by somi vatan

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kurds of the yarsan faith, referred to as kaka’i in southern kurdistan, return to their now damaged homes after escaping persecution from isis. photos by iva zimova

yarsanism is a syncretistic religion that is believed to have originated in eastern kurdistan in the fifteenth or sixteenth century C.E. yarsans are mainly found in eastern kurdistan, particularly kermanshah and the qesirî şirîn area, but are also found as far as urmîyê, silêmani, kerkûk, and mosul.

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a kurdish tembûr player. among kurds, especially those belonging to the yarsan faith, the tembûr is considered sacred and an important part of religious rituals and ceremonies.

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