Comments by "Judy Kraska" (@judykraska400) on "What is Zoroastrianism?" video.
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Thank you for this educational lecture about Zoroastrianism. I listened to your first one too, as l have been involved with Zoroastrianism through my husband, who studied Arabic, African languages, and Middle Eastern religions, and wrote his Thesis about Yazidism, and Zoroastrianism in 1970. At that time the Berlin Umboldt University had extensive books by German scholars about these two ancient religions, which l needed in essence to translate into my husbands language.
“Yazidism is a monotheistic ethnic religion (like Zoroastrianism too) , that has its roots in a western Iranic pre-Zoroastrian religion directly derived from the Indo-Iranian tradition.” (According to Wikipedia) l could not say it better, nor shorter in English, as it’s not my first language) A Kurdish speaking Yazidi Community is living in Melbourne, Australia till date, and of course they are living in the triangle Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and in small groups in the Middle East till today too, trying to preserve their religious, cultural, language traditions, but have lost lots of it due to the mentioned countries suppressing their believes, rituals, and assimilating them, or punish them like in Turkey. Many Yazidis have been massacred, genocides committed in the Triangle borders. It is a hot topic.
I wished, there would be an episode about Yazidism, and the connection between the two, the similarities, and differences.
Thank you. It’s fascinating to listen to these scholarly lectures. Greetings from Melbourne
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That’s fine, but you know that your Kurdish ancestors were first Yazidis. Zoroastrians came later. I am saying this, because l worked here in Melbourne with the Kurdish Community (refugees and migrants) for the Immigration Department, and these families were all Yazidis, artists, teachers, and workers , but had lost much of their language/culture/ritual due to punishment in the countries they were refugees, or tolerated as long as they did not established their believes, and language, followed the Islam. They reported many massacres, when they tried to keep their religion, and teach their children their language. This is, what these humble, well educated families reported to me. It is new to me, that Kurdish people are also Zoroastrians, which is logic as a follow up from Yazidism.
I learnt something. I would like to know, where you are living, and are you free to practice Zoroastrian culture, including the rituals. I apologise, when l am to nosy. I am just excited to learn. Thank you, and greetings from Melbourne.
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@YuruCampSupermacy I am living in Melbourne, Australia, and for the Immigration Museum met with our Kurdish Community, who all where Yizidi, which was a condemned religion in ancient times as the focus was the sun 🌞 and the peacock 🦚.
About Zoroastrian religion in Iran are existing some villages, regions where Zoroastrians are living and keeping the religion/philosophy alive. I would like to recommend an humble Iranian channel Ali Aghajanzadeh, who shows his audiences around the historic places, villages, and shows especially the ones, which keep the history, traditions of the Zoroastrian culture alive including the Fire Temples. He has very interesting dear to his heart programs, or better documentaries, around 40 min each. Thank you.
This episodes form this young scholarly man is interesting and educational too. Thank you. Greetings from Australia
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