They survived ISIS - Lalish Yazidis and Alqosh Christians, Kurdistan Iraq | EP24

We rented a car in Erbil and drove all the way to Dohuk, passing by the incredible villages of Lalish and Alqosh. Two villages known for their rich Yazidi and Assyrian Christian cultures. Both groups were persecuted for a long time especially during the IS regime in central Iraq resulting in a big diaspora all over the world.
We talked to locals to learn more about their cultures and find out how their history shaped them.
#iraq #yazidi #yazidis #lalish #alqosh #christians #kurdistan #erbil #iraqikurdistan #kurdish #assyrian #erbiliraq
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[@walterbolingin2976]

I only heard the bad things about Iraq, shooting, killing & bombing. Your videos gives me a relief as its not as what the news reported is.

[@whodat9198]

I was in Iraq 2006-07. The news are the biggest fat liars!!

[@bertanelson8062]

YES a great relief to see Iraq peaceful.

[@ron9465]

Many people in this region have lived through some terrible times. It's great that you are letting us see the reality as it is now. You meet so many nice people which is the same as I have found in travelling through China.

[@Mmkjjj848]

Many thanks for this wonderful video about our religion. big love ❤

[@yoyichen4470]

So glad to see Flo on your side as you continue your adventures. He looks really nice, handsome, and big! Haha😆 that's also to say we immediately, become witnesses of your love venture! Looking forward to more secrets of "The Other World" being revealed. safety 🙏

[@mortezasafaei2017]

. A Chinese woman in the middle east is the best thing i ever came across...

[@jerrycratsenberg989]

I love your videos! You take us to places and peoples that we never really see otherwise. Thank you for sharing your wonderful and brave adventure!

[@iamjakes16]

Your documentaries/vlogumentaries are so good your channel will blow up one day for sure 👍🏻

[@rudranighosh4445]

@@littlechineseeverywhere Make new documentaries

[@tdeo2141]

Thank you so much for the video and raising awareness of the situation of many yazidis. I’ve just started subscribing to your channel, what a gem, so happy I found it.

[@boombot934]

Beautiful😍✨ cultures, beautiful, friendly people🙏❤, thank❤🌹🙏 you, dear Yan!

[@TheLibraryOfEmotions]

Wow such a fantastic episode. So many different culture in Iraq. It's educational and spontaneous and interesting and entertaining. Thank you for the video!

[@bombasticborneo]

Learning time for me and thanks to you on KZbin 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@nextgen131]

A very nice video! God bless you both 🙏

[@daffodilstang5292]

Thanks be to GOD✝️✝️✝️ for all these Christian believers of GOD/JESUS✝️✝️✝️ in Alqosh.❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏 Wow, that walk of blessings. The Beatitudes are written on the Arch of Blessings.❤❤❤✝️✝️ May our Most Sacred Heart of JESUS and Blessed Mother Mary protect all these lovely Christians in Alqosh.✝️✝️✝️🙏🙏🙏

[@TheNtrLight]

are you american?

[@daffodilstang5292]

@@TheNtrLight No, l am a Singaporean of Chinese descent. My paternal great grandparents were from Fujian Province.

[@TheNtrLight]

@@daffodilstang5292 aha that's great, Fujian is a beautiful place 👌

[@omnitrus]

Very interesting !

[@kamsimyip4966]

This is the first video of Iraq I saw made by a Chinese lady and your boy friend. Great video.

[@Cys62]

Learnt a lot from your coverage, thanks so much.. A time well spent just by watching your videos...

[@clarke540]

Very educational!! ❤

[@walkwithhaniyeh]

Hey my friend I am happy to see my city😇☘️

[@walkwithhaniyeh]

@@littlechineseeverywhere I am from Iran. My city is Shiraz

[@walkwithhaniyeh]

@@littlechineseeverywhere 💜💜💜i love you my friend

[@areebachewa8318]

Hope to see the Iranian free from Islamic invasion and all Iranians will embrace their own ancestors belief of Zoroastrian and kick the Arab out of Iran/Persia ...Just imagine if the Chinese have agreed with the Persian in ancient to fight Islam and the Persian history will not be the same unfortunately they have invaded by them ...

[@magdolnavida2717]

Hope you went through those shrine gates and got God 's blessing on you two 😊

[@Tacticalerth]

Nice video

[@freedloh9049]

Amazing video you had shared Yan. CGTN should hire you and pay for your travel to screen your videos

[@yfgu2828]

بەخێربێن بۆ کوردستان😊

[@BERIVAN.official1]

Vielen vielen Dank von deine Video in Lalish und Lalish ist meine Religion, und danke haben Sie Filme mir

[@BERIVAN.official1]

🙏🏻❤️👍🏻

[@BERIVAN.official1]

Bist du in Deutschland

[@tomdab]

Beautiful documentary - Small correction Alqosh is a Chaldean-Assyrian town not Kurdish

[@TheLibraryOfEmotions]

I'm really curious. How do you learn what's the functions and the knowledge of the temples? Do you learn it when you are there with the locals or you read books or Wikipedia before you visit there?

[@badimpulses17]

I envy your life style.

[@ghsamir9186]

Camming visite me in Algeria.🇩🇿 You are soooo welcome ✌️

[@freedloh9049]

What camera are you using? Amazing resolution and indoor brightness and video stabilization and good sound. Do you use a lapel wireless mic?

[@littlechineseeverywhere]

GoPro 9!

[@walkwithhaniyeh]

☘️👍🏻

[@luengsoong385]

比起kurds，亚述人、雅兹迪人是中东最苦难的民族，目前库尔德人至少在Iraq建立了高度自治行政区。

[@AVX_EDITZ19]

wel kom to kurdstan

[@user-zd1tg5no5r]

لالش تابع لنينوى مو لكردستان

[@ywarjanpalod9400]

​@@user-zd1tg5no5rاخي / اختي لالش من ضمن إقليم كردستان العراق لليوم .

[@user-zd1tg5no5r]

نحن عراقين ونفتخر بعراقنا الحبيب لان نحن اصل العراق​@@ywarjanpalod9400

[@jimbeytimur4761]

❤️🌿🌊☀️

[@NEKILLED]

Yazidi and Hinduism are very similar

[@DearBill]

Yazidis pratices Zoroastrism or Mazdeism.

[@kaypee4704]

Hinduism is not a religion....‼⁉️

[@_poutiq_amany]

mashaa Allah

[@user-vl3ry5lp6b]

Lets remember, 2014 Kurdish gerila army has Protesten Yazidis against ISIS

[@rehoboam5957]

dude how tall are you?

[@RK-gw4gt]

She was so good; without discussing any politics or religious strife in her tours when she was traveling all by herself (even went thru Iran in Hijab) as soon as he joined in; there is a talk of religion and wars on Yazidis by ISIS etc... She kept it so pure and innocent..... and that's why I had enjoyed her travel vlog..

[@MCM214]

So fascinating ❤️ your videos. Living in the US I won’t likely get to travel here so really enjoy your travel adventures.

[@bertanelson8062]

Seems we might respect what these people have gone through & celebrate their survival.

[@emilyjones4736]

nice but she is is not a solo female traveler. she travels with a man in general.

[@sesa2984]

I watch so many of your videos. This stranger man assuming the role of host was not nice for me.

[@swdragonmntn7848]

Who is that dude?

[@littlechineseeverywhere]

My fiancee ;)

[@anthonyguarino4242]

@@littlechineseeverywhereoh, you’re getting married?! Congratulations!

[@Finnleigh.Jackson4141]

Which decent boyfriend lets his girl travel around the world alone?

[@Zerpentsa6598]

But will they survive US culture?

[@truthmatters2631]

True Christians doesn't drink alcohol... bible said wine is mocker

[@user-zd1tg5no5r]

المشكله اي تقرير عن الايزيديه الكرد يحشرون انفسهم في يااكراد لايوجد اي تقارب او ترابط بيننا وبينكم صح لغه الكرديه فرع من اللغه الايزيديه هذا مو يعني بيننا اي ارتباط

[@818Creeper]

THERE IS A LOT OF YEZIDIS IN ARMENIA. WE CALL THEM YEZDI. AND THEY SAY THEY ARE YEZDI NOT KURDS. YEZDI &ARMENIAN ARE BROTHERS. ARMENIA IS ALWAYS OPEN TO YEZDIS

[@user-zd1tg5no5r]

نشكر شعب الارمن العزيز نحن اخوه​@@818Creeper

[@MamoMamo-ry9gk]

الارمن اعداء الكورد الاوائل وهم خانوا الديانة الزرداشتية منذ القدم لذلك هم متمسكون بالمسيحية

[@MamoMamo-ry9gk]

الارمن هم خونة الاوائل للكورد وللزرداشتية.. ولذلك فإن الارمن متمسكون بالمسيحية

[@MamoMamo-ry9gk]

اذا انت ناكر لاصلك الاري الكوردي فهاد شأنك لوحدك.. لا تحكي عن جميع اليزيديين يا جحشوك

[@elootl]

Iraq had more religious tolerance under Saddam Hussein.

[@fallofwesterncivilization4013]

I wonder why the Kurdish peshmerga didn't go down to defend tge Yazidi in Sinjar? While Arab Shi'a went up all the way from Basra to fight isis & liberate Mosul in the north.

[@zhizho5525]

They did, the Sinjar battles during 2015 were faught by Peshmerga, Ezidixan and PKK forces.

[@Royalking009]

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[@Royalking009]

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[@818Creeper]

THERE IS ALOT OF YAZIDIS IN ARMENIA A VERY BIG COMMUNITY WE CALL THE EZDI OR YEZDI. THE YEZIDIS IN ARMENIA SAY THEY ARE NOT KURDIS BUT THAT THEY ARE YEZDI

[@MamoMamo-ry9gk]

The Yazidis were manipulated by the Armenians so that they could dismantle the ancient Kurdish, Yazdani, Zoroastrian, Aryan community.

[@MamoMamo-ry9gk]

The Armenians have been enemies of the Kurds since the Zoroastrian and Yazidi religions, and therefore they adhere to Christianity, and of course this is not love for Christianity.

[@MamoMamo-ry9gk]

الارمن هم اعداء الكورد الاوائل يعني هم كانوا اعداء الكورد اليزيديين والزرداشتيين..

[@MamoMamo-ry9gk]

الارمن يحاولون تفكيك المجتمع الكوردي وتلاعبوا ببعض اليزيديين للاسف وجعلهم بعيدين عن مجتمعاتهم بمختلف الاديان.. الكورد مسلمون او غير ديانة فهم يزيديون اصلا وفصلا ولا داعي لتفكيك هذا المجتمع القديم