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Inside The Yezidi Temple (PHOTOS)

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Overview of the Yezidi Temple Complex in Lalish, Kurdistan, in Northern Iraq.

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A Yezidi woman sits outside the temple. 

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Yezidi family at the temple.

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A man attends to olive oil used in Yezidi rituals.

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Tomb of Sheik Adi ibn Musafir in the temple.

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Father and son.

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Entrance to the temple.

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