
Sparks of Light from the Zagros The Sacred Landscapes of the Yezidi and Yarsan Communities - Il Novissimo Ramusio 52
University of California – Irvine Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture 2-8 February 2025
- Anno: 2025
- Autore/i: Ghiath Rammo and Gianfilippo Terribili (eds.)
- Catalogo: Scienze e Lettere
- Argomento: Orientalistica
- Collana: Novissimo Ramusio
- ISBN: 978-88-66872-94-8
- ISSN: 2975-0571

CONTENTS
PREFACE
Sparks of Light from the Zagros, Raison d’Être, C.G. Cereti and T. Daryaee
PART 1. THE YEZIDIS
1.1 Introduction. An Immersive Experience: Yezidi Communities and Sacred Space, G. Rammo
1.2 Tradition and Sacred Space in the Process of Understanding the Yezidi Context. Personal Reflections, G. Terribili .
1.3 Yezidi Architectural Cultural Heritage, B. Aç?ky?ld?z
1.4 Yezidism Seen from Within, K. Jindy Rashow
1.5 The Future of Religious Diversity in Kurdistan, S. Ahmad
PART 2. LANDSCAPE MEMORIES, BY G. RAMMO
2.1 The Yezidis
2.2 Endangered Cultural Heritage .
2.3 Spirituality and Community
2.4 Shrines and Rituals
2.5 Sacred Hymns and Qewals
2.6 Challenges and Perspectives
PART 3. THE YARSANS
3.1 The Yarsans and the Persistence of a Distinctive Identity, G. Terribili
3.2 Baba Yadegar’s Shrine: an Epicentre of Devotion and Identity, G. Terribili
3.3 Dokkan-e Dawud and the Thread of the Yarsan Memory, G. Terribili
3.4 Yarsanism and the Ritual Music, Masih Karimi
BIBLIOGRAPHY
F.ti 23x25, pp. 144, Brossura filo refe, Ill. a colori