Batizmi

Batizmi is a Yazidi festival celebrated by some Yazidis in honor of the Yazidi saint Pir Ali. The Yazidis who celebrate the Batizmi festival are known as Çelka-Yazidis and are from the Tur Abdin region of southeastern Turkey and from the Sinjar and Shekhan region of northwestern Iraq.[1]

Part of a series on Yazidi religion and Yazidi nationalism

Main topics Yazidis Social organization Tribes Flags
Divine figures Melek Taûs Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir Sultan Ezid Cibrayîl Ezrayîl Mîkayîl Şifqayîl Derdayîl Ezafîl Ezazîl Shehid ibn Jerr
Saints Amadin Ezdina Mir Fakhraddin Al-Hasan ibn Adi Khatuna Fekhra Sheikh Mand Mehmed Reshan Musa Sor Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir Nasirdin Sheikh Obekr Pir Ali Rabia of Basra Sejadin Sharaf ad-Din ibn al-Hasan Sheikh Shems
Holy places Lalish Sinjar Mountains Silat Bridge Aknalich Mam Rashan Shrine Quba Mêrê Dîwanê Sharfadin Temple Sultan Ezid Temple
Festivals Batizmi Feast of Ezid Feast of the Assembly Tawûsgeran Tiwaf Yazidi New Year
Literature Yazidi Black Book Yazidi Book of Revelation

References

Tagay, Şefik; Ortaç, Serhat (2016). "Die Eziden und das Ezidentum. Geschichte und Gegenwart einer vom Untergang bedrohten Religion" (PDF) (in German). Landeszentrale für politische Bildung; Hamburg. pp. 88–89. Retrieved 2022-02-19.

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