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| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Duhok |
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 A series of bronze statues in a street near the city centre. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Duhok |
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Bronze sculptures of people and a sun symbol. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Duhok |
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Bronze of a Kurdish dance. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Duhok |
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The Kurdish dancers are depicted in traditional costume. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Duhok |
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Bronze sculptures of a gate and tools. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Duhok |
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Illusion Museum |
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The city has a quirky Illusion Museum. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Duhok |
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Illusion Museum |
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Copy of a work by Escher. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Duhok |
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Illusion Museum |
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Fun mirrors. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Duhok |
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Illusion Museum |
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Cat becomes dog on rotation. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Duhok |
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Illusion Museum |
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Man with collar becomes man with hat on rotation. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Duhok |
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Illusion Museum |
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Owl with fruit becomes fox with fruit on rotation. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Duhok |
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Illusion Museum |
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Smiling man becomes a bald man on rotation. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Duhok |
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Illusion Museum |
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Maze with mirrors. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
|
Duhok |
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Illusion Museum |
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Kaleidoscope. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Duhok |
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Illusion Museum |
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Rotating tunnel. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Duhok |
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Illusion Museum |
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Impossible shapes. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Duhok |
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Illusion Museum |
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Rotated room. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
|
Duhok |
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Illusion Museum |
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Rotated room. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Duhok |
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Illusion Museum |
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Trick room. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
|
Duhok |
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Illusion Museum |
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Trick room. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
|
Duhok |
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Illusion Museum |
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Multiple images. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
|
Duhok |
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Illusion Museum |
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Head on a platter illusion. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
|
Duhok |
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Illusion Museum |
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The cut up companion illusion. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Duhok |
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Illusion Museum |
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A and B are the same colour. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
|
Duhok |
|
Illusion Museum |
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A and B are the same height. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
|
Duhok |
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Illusion Museum |
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A and B are the same length. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
|
Duhok |
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Kurdish flag. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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The countryside South of Duhok. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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The Hurke Mosque is next to a lorry and car stop. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Rolling hills. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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The land is fertile in Kurdistan. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Gas field near Lalish. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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The temple at Lalish is in a narrow valley overlooking a gas field. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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The temple at Lalish is the holiest site for the minority Yazidi religion. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Pilgrims walking to the temple complex. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Three girls wearing traditional Yazidi dress. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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The temple is at the end of a remote canyon. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Adam's Spring |
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Adam's Spring where Yazidis believe Adam was created. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Adam's Spring |
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Collecting holy water. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Adam's Spring |
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The spring is sacred to Yazidis. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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The Yazidis believe in a single god, angels, the four elements and baptism and pray towards the Sun. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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The Yazidi religion has elements of Islam, Christianity and Zoroastrinism. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Lalish was founded c500 BCE but the current shrine dates from the 12th century. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Three young men. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Families. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Father and son. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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All Yazidis are expected to make a six day pilgrimage to Lalish at least once in their lives. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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The shrine is on many levels among the rocks. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Yazidis are considered heretics by Muslims and thousands were killed by ISIS. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Two men. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Sun and moon. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Conical domes are typical of Yazidi architecture. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Entrance to one of the chambers topped by a snake image. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Snake and Sun. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Girls posing for photos. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Two boys. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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The shrine is built around several caves. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Stone chamber with lamp. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Man sitting. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Woman setting up her children for a photograph. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Cloisters. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Two men. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
|
Lalish |
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Sun symbol. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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A group of men. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Pathway between levels. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Sign of the peacock, a common image on Yazidi temples. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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A group of men. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
|
Lalish |
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A group of young girls being photographed in the main courtyard. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Courtyard view. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
|
Lalish |
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Small shrine in the main courtyard. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Woman by an ancient tree. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
|
Lalish |
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Three girls. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
|
Lalish |
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Mir Gate |
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Family outside the Mir Gate. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
|
Lalish |
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Mir Gate |
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The decorated Mir Gate. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
|
Lalish |
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Mir Gate |
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Kurdish inscription and peacocks above the gate. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
|
Lalish |
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Mir Gate |
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The gate leads to a smaller courtyard next to the main shrine. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Cloistered courtyard. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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The main shrine. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Temple guardians. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Man smoking. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Newly married couple. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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The entarnce to the main shrine. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Entering the main shrine by stepping over the door lintel. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Sun symbols above the entrance to the main shrine. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Detail of Sun symbol and peacock. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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The tomb of Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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The Sheikh was born in Baalbec (Lebanon) in the 1070s and died in Lalish in 1162. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
|
Lalish |
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Cave of Jars |
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The unique Cave of Jars. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Cave of Jars |
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The cave is often packed with people. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Cave of Jars |
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Woman in the cave. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Cave of Jars |
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The jars are ancient and have olive oil added. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Cave of Jars |
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Pilgrims place their hands in the jars and leave a palm print on the wall. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Cave of Jars |
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Handprints. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Cave of Jars |
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Six men. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
|
Lalish |
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Cave of Jars |
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Two women. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
|
Lalish |
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Cave of Jars |
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Tossing a cloth. If it lands on the ledge the thrower is granted a wish. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Zamzam spring. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
|
Lalish |
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Mir Gate |
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A group of girls in the Mir Gate. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
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Lalish |
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Mir Gate |
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A group of pilgrims. |
2022 |
| Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
|
Lalish |
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Mir Gate |
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Visitors to the shrine. |
2022 |
