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1	Traditional Healing Beyond the Homeland: Yezidi Shamanic Healing in the Diaspora Griemert, Sophia G 01 January 2021 (has links) The goal of this qualitative study is to evaluate whether shamanism, practiced by koçeks and faqrya (the Yezidi terms for traditional shamanic practitioners), continues as a practice among diasporic Yezidis, and, if so, in what manner. I accomplish this through a series of oral, remote interviews with Yezidis living in Germany. The interview subjects comprise a cross-sectional sample that includes men and women from the three Yezidi castes (Sheikh, Pir, Murid). Through the multiple testimonies these interviews garnered regarding shamanic praxis in the context of Germany, I determine that, in spite of the disruptions of forced migration and geographical distance, the Yezidis' practices of prophecy and healing parallel those described in Tyler Fisher, Nahro Zagros, and Muslih Mustafa's prior research in 2016 in Iraqi Kurdistan, the Yezidi homeland. The continuations of the shamanic tradition in the Yezidi diaspora evince strong connections to its origins in Iraqi Kurdistan, principally maintained through travel and remote communications. These practical factors facilitate ongoing connections and continuities. More importantly and of greater interest is the versatility inherent in the Yezidis' perceptions and practice of shamanism— a versatility that illustrates a broader propensity for adaptation characteristic of the Yezidis' belief system, which has enabled them to survive as a vulnerable ethnoreligious group even when far removed from the principal religious sites of their homeland. Yezidi Iraq Diaspora Shaman Koçek Anthropology Social and Cultural Anthropology
2	Promised Soils : Senses of Place Among Yezidis in Dalarna and Sheikhan Lindqvist, Maria January 2021 (has links) This is an ethnographic study that focuses on Zahmanê Êzîdîa Li Dalarna, the Yezidi cemetery, in Borlänge. The Swedish town of Borlänge has one of the largest Yezidi diaspora communities in Western Europe; a majority emigrated from the Northern Iraqi region of Sheikhan during the 1990s and early 2000s. The overall aim of this project is to investigate how the Yezidi community in Borlänge puts Zahmanê Êzîdîa Li Dalarna into use, the meanings ascribed to the site by individual interviewees, and how these relate to ritual places and practices in Sheikhan. The empirical material stems from observations and interviews among members of three extended Yezidi families in Borlänge and in Sheikhan, and archival material from the Church of Sweden. Fieldwork in Sheikhan focused on the valley of Lalish and the cemetery sites in the Yezidi villages in Sheikhan. The empirical material is presented, analysed and discussed through a theoretical framework of place, creation and maintenance of social memory through ritual practice, and the concept of transfer of ritual. The empirical material reveals that salient ritual actions and elements from ceremonies in Lalish and the Yezidi villages in Sheikhan are transferred to Borlänge, and there put into use for ritual practices and for creating and maintaining a collective identity outside of Iraq. Yezidi Yezidi cemetery Dalarna Borlänge Zahmanê Êzîdîa Li Dalarna Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan Sheikhan Lalish transfer of ritual social memory jema’iyye Çarşema-sor Wednesday ritual berat diaspora funeral rituals mortuary practices Ethnology Etnologi Religious Studies Religionsvetenskap
3	Sticks and Stones : External Influences on Êzîdî Religious and Cultural Transformation Latham Lechowick, Rick January 2017 (has links) This paper reviews foreign influences on Êzîdîism from 19th Century travelogues to the 2014 Şengal Genocide. The author introduces a broader definition for ‘Êzîdîism’ than previously used to show that the affects of external mistreatment are pervasive throughout the community. Using examples of Êzîdî orthopraxy, the paper demonstrates the changes occurring within Êzîdîism due to foreign influence. The author suggests that outsiders consider varying their literary and linguistic treatment of Êzîdîism. In light of the Êzîdîs’ current situation, this paper concludes with the possibilities that religious and cultural re-definition might provide. Yezidi Yazidi Ezidi Islamic State ISIS Kurdistan Sinjar Shengal Iraq KRG Yezidism Yazidism Jezidi Jazidi History of Religions Religionshistoria
4	A Quest for Belonging: Yazidi Culture and Identity Preservation in the Diaspora Brincka, Bradley 28 September 2022 (has links) No description available. Cultural Anthropology Ethnic Studies Language Middle Eastern Studies Yazidi Yezidi ethngoraphy cultural anthropology religion anthropology religious minorities diaspora immigration genocide Middle East

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