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Arcane Revelries of Global Antiquity
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Shetland Viking fire procession marking Yule’s conclusion
  • 2. Finnish contest where spouses’ endurance and balance dictate victory
  • 4. Mexican syncretic observance blending indigenous and Catholic funerary rites
  • 6. Massive pilgrimage bathing event cyclically sited at four sacred confluences
  • 8. Tamil festival of devotion featuring kavadi bearers pierced with hooks
  • 9. Thai New Year’s aqueous rite said to wash away misfortune
  • 12. City famed for crystalline sculptures in a winter festival spectacle
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  • 3. Venetian masked gala preluding Lent with baroque pageantry
  • 5. Japanese ‘naked festival’ demanding endurance in minimal clothing
  • 7. Cambodian event marking the reversal of Tonle Sap river flow
  • 10. Spanish riotous celebration involving solanaceous fruit projectile warfare
  • 11. Hong Kong’s dramatic dragon boat ritual raced during Tuen Ng festival
  • 13. Spanish pyrotechnic fiesta featuring monumental papier-mâché effigies
  • 14. Japanese festival honoring ancestral spirits with lantern-lit waterways

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