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Enigmatic Rituals and Festival Oddities
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Dance reputed to cure spider bite frenzy, an eccentric tradition from southern Italy
  • 5. Spanish festival notorious for running with bulls, embodying peculiar adrenaline-fueled rites
  • 6. Participant in Norfolk’s ancient Whipping Boys festival, a brutal rite with cryptic origins
  • 8. Rowdy festal merrymaking often manifesting strange communal behaviors and excesses
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  • 2. Japanese tradition involving wrapping cloth, oddly tied into ceremonial gift presentations
  • 3. London area famed for peculiar midsummer revelries, where intellectuals once convened
  • 4. Ancient Scandinavian troop who enacted bizarre warrior dances during seasonal rites
  • 7. Scottish festival with enigmatic customs welcoming the New Year, including first-footing superstitions
  • 9. Medieval public self-mortification practice featured in odd religious festivities
  • 10. Roman goddess linked to fire rites in festivals involving virginal guardians and enigmatic ceremonies
  • 11. Hidden identity player, essential in carnivalesque rituals and arcane disguise customs

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