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Arcane Global Festivities and Symbols
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Latin American rite of passage, celebrant's fifteenth milestone
  • 2. Shetland fire festival invoking Viking ancestral memory
  • 3. Vietnamese New Year rooted in lunar-solar cycles
  • 7. Festival named for rosy sunrise on alpine peaks
  • 9. Celtic fire festival marking liminal harvest thresholds
  • 10. Japanese rite illuminating ancestral spirits mid-summer
  • 11. Illuminative artifacts central to East Asian night parades
  • 12. Etymologically linked to 'farewell to meat' pre-Lent
  • 14. Festival of lights symbolizing triumph in Hindu cosmology
  • 16. Chromatic celebration with origins tied to divine lore
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  • 4. Mexican syncretic festival honoring departed souls annually
  • 5. Masked festivity derived from Venetian aristocratic tradition
  • 6. Spanish celebration involving massed solanaceous projectile assault
  • 8. Northern European eve named after a saint, mingled with witchcraft
  • 13. French for 'Fat Tuesday,' marking indulgence before abstinence
  • 15. Japanese poetic custom of blossoming cherry tree reverence
  • 17. Storming event now commemorated with festive fervor in France

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