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Enigmatic Rites and Eccentric Revelries
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  • 1. Ancient Celtic practice with enigmatic rites during solstice festivals
  • 2. Celtic festival marking liminal times and spectral boundaries
  • 4. French term for 'saucer,' here a cryptic hint to flying festival object
  • 5. Iconic instrument sometimes parodied in mock executions during celebrations
  • 8. One who reaps the fruits of the land in autumnal ceremonies
  • 10. French-derived term evoking feasts before fasting begins
  • 11. Ritual offering often ancient and solemn yet paradoxical in celebration
  • 12. Elaborate public display with ceremonial splendor and antiquated roots
  • 17. Illuminations released in ritual processions upwards to the heavens
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  • 3. Man-made figures burned or paraded to symbolize communal catharsis
  • 6. Process preserving the dead, re-enacted symbolically in some festivals
  • 7. Alchemical term representing transformation, echoed in fiery festivals
  • 9. Period of hedonistic festivity preceding austerity, often masked
  • 13. Masked ball or festival involving disguise and social masquerading
  • 14. Craft associated with ritual preparation of horses in peculiar festivals
  • 15. French male dancer, often main performer in ritualistic festival dances
  • 16. Belief system venerating symbolic objects in tribal festive rites
  • 18. East Asian mid-autumn festival honoring moon and harvest
  • 19. Ancient Christian processions invoking blessings on fields and crops
  • 20. Traditional performer embodying subversion and social inversion

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