Lalish

E217231

Yazidi holy place religious site valley

Lalish is a sacred mountain valley in northern Iraq that serves as the principal pilgrimage site and spiritual center of the Yazidi faith.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Yazidi holy place ⓘ religious site ⓘ valley ⓘ
accessRule	must enter barefoot ⓘ ritual purity required ⓘ
associatedWith	Yazidis ⓘ surface form: Yazidi religious council Yazidi spiritual leadership ⓘ
burialPlaceOf	Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir ⓘ
climate	semi-arid ⓘ
contains	Yazidi shrines ⓘ Yazidi temples ⓘ
country	Iraq ⓘ
culturalSignificance	center of Yazidi religious authority ⓘ
entranceFeature	sacred gate ⓘ stone stairways ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Laliş ⓘ Laliş Nûranî ⓘ
hasFeature	mountain valley ⓘ
hasStructure	conical temple roofs ⓘ sacred olive oil basins ⓘ sacred springs ⓘ
hasTemple	Shrine of Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir ⓘ
heritageStatus	candidate for UNESCO World Heritage List ⓘ
languageUsed	Kurdish ⓘ Kurmanji ⓘ
locatedIn	Kurdistan ⓘ surface form: Kurdistan Region Nineveh Governorate ⓘ northern Iraq ⓘ
mythologicalStatus	place of creation in Yazidi tradition ⓘ site where Tawûsê Melek descended ⓘ
near	Mosul ⓘ Shekhan ⓘ
pilgrimage	annual Yazidi pilgrimage ⓘ
pilgrimageFestival	Jemaʿiyya festival ⓘ
pilgrimageSeason	autumn ⓘ
protectedBy	Yazidis ⓘ surface form: Yazidi community
religion	Yazidism ⓘ
ritualPractice	lighting of oil lamps ⓘ tying of cloths on sacred places ⓘ veneration of sacred springs ⓘ
sacredTo	Yazidis ⓘ
significance	principal pilgrimage site of the Yazidis ⓘ spiritual center of the Yazidi faith ⓘ
threatenedBy	regional conflicts ⓘ
topography	narrow valley surrounded by mountains ⓘ
usedBy	Yazidis ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yazidism → hasHolySite → Lalish ⓘ

Yazidis → populationCenter → Lalish ⓘ

Yazidis → holyValley → Lalish ⓘ

Shekhan district → containsReligiousSite → Lalish ⓘ

subject surface form: Shekhan District

Lalish temple complex → locatedIn → Lalish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lalish valley

Melek Taus → associatedWith → Lalish ⓘ

Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir → associatedWith → Lalish ⓘ

Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir → burialPlace → Lalish ⓘ

Cejna Cemaiya (Feast of the Assembly) → hasPilgrimageDestination → Lalish ⓘ

subject surface form: Cejna Cemaiya

Cejna Cemaiya (Feast of the Assembly) → isAssociatedWithSite → Lalish ⓘ

subject surface form: Cejna Cemaiya

Baba Sheikh → associatedWithPlace → Lalish ⓘ

Duhok → hasNotableNearbySite → Lalish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lalish (Yazidi holy site)