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Category:Travel and Places
Subcategory:Middle East
Subcategory Detail:Iraq
Keywords:Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan, Kurd, Kurdish, Kurdistan, Leutheuser, Rob Leutheuser, Robert Leutheuser, Yezidi, northern Iraq
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Entering the Sanctuary - Lalish, northern Iraq (2008)

Entering the Sanctuary - Lalish, northern Iraq (2008)

Faqir Hasan carries a bowl of olive oil and lit cotton wicks into the Sancturary of Sheikh Adi, making certain he does not step on the threshhold. On Wednesday evenings, he races through Lalish placing the lit wicks at holy niches throughout.