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Cryptic Rites and Arcane Festivals
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- 1. Ancient Roman uproarious fest celebrating solar deity's winter reversal
- 2. Esoteric frost harvest rite from Eastern European folklore
- 4. Solar ritual named after the Rigvedic sun god’s aspect
- 10. Rite commemorating the Roman Emperor’s octennial consecration
- 11. Japanese harvest ritual famed for ancient dances and offerings
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- 3. Folk ritual from lower Bavaria featuring wild maize spirits
- 5. Ritual from the Congo basin celebrating harvest with rhythmic trance
- 6. Greek mystery rite involving symbolic possession and trance
- 7. Celtic fire festival of illumination and seasonal threshold
- 8. Indigenous Alaskan ritual invoking ancestral winter spirits
- 9. Obscure Italian village ritual invoking ancestral matrimonial blessings
- 12. Jungle ceremony involving hallucinogenic brew for shamanic journeys
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