Yezidi Wedding

Is it Yezidi, Yazidi? Apparently the name comes the city of Yazd in Iran, now famous for its Zorostrian fire temple. I was lucky enough to visit Yazd a few years back, and visited the fire temple with its flame that is reputed to have remained burning for the last 3000 years.

The Yezidi (I'll use the spelling given in this article) are one of Armenia's minorities, living around Mount Aragats. Onnik Krikorian has been writing about them for years, and in this photostory he documents in photographs a traditional Yezidi wedding.

Wikipedia has some background on the Yezidi and their religion.

Posted by Matt on July 06, 2004 | TrackBack | Email to a friend