Answer the following about the persecuted Yazidi faith, for 10 points each.
[10m] Yazidism is a minority faith of this ethnic group. A golden sun called the Roj is a symbol for this ethnic group that has populations centered in Southeastern Turkey and Northern Iraq.
ANSWER: Kurds [or Kurdish people]
[10e] Yazidi persecution largely stems from a “peacock” one of these beings named Tawûsî Melek being conflated with the devil. In Christianity, Satan is a “fallen” one of these divine beings.
ANSWER: angels
[10h] Yazidis celebrate Tawûsî Melek’s creation of the world by cracking eggs during an event of this type. The Roj’s 21 flames reference an event of this type in which Persians set up a haft-sin table and jump over bonfires.
ANSWER: New Year’s Day [or New Year’s Eve; accept Nowruz or Çarşema Sor or Red Wednesday; prompt on Spring Equinox]
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