Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
Arcane Celebrations of Earth’s Obscure Traditions
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Japanese naked festival invoking purification by endurance and ritual
- 2. Kyoto’s grandiose festival famed for floats and enduring traditional rites
- 4. Mongolian triad contest of wrestling, horse racing, and archery
- 7. Linguistically playful event signifying the chromatic revolt of spring
- 8. Hindu festival marked by kavadi-bearing as an act of devotion
- 10. Easter Island’s enigmatic festival with giant statues and chants
- 13. Japanese lantern festival honoring ancestral spirits with floating lights
Down
- 3. Thai luminous water lantern release symbolizing release of ill fortunes
- 5. Quechua solstice ceremony venerating the sun god in ancient Andes
- 6. Texas festival paradoxically celebrating melancholy with eclectic arts
- 9. Alpine folklore’s diabolic antithesis to Saint Nicholas climaxes annually
- 11. Venetian masquerade epoch preceding Lent with baroque pageantry
- 12. Bahamian exuberant parade blending West African ritual and calypso
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