Yezidis are the biggest minority group in Armenia -- a largely mono-ethnic country where some 98 percent of the roughly 3.3 million population are ethnic Armenians and the country's Christian Apostolic Church dominates.
A Yezidi village in Armenia

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Armenia -- Aziz Tamoyan, the director of the Yezidi Union in Armenia, speaks during his interview with AFP in the village of Zovuny, 01May2013

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Armenia -- Liana Amarian hangs up washing outside her family's stone home, in the Armenian village of Zovuny, 01May2013

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Armenia -- Liana Amarian goes to hang up washing outside her family's stone home, in the Armenian village of Zovuny, 01May2013

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Armenia -- Women of Yezidi community put the dinner on at their home in the Armenian village of Zovuny, 01May2013