Sheikhan, Iraq - Republic of
YEZIDI WORSHIPPERS DANCE DURING SPRING FESTIVAL IN SHEIKHAN.
Yezidi worshippers dance during Spring festival in Sheikhan some 40 km
north from Iraqi city of Mosul, May 09, 2003. The Yezidi religion, seen
by its followers as the original Kurdish faith, is believed to date
back several thousand years and blends ideas from sources as diverse as
Zoroastrianism, Islam and Christianity. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
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