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Enigmatic Rituals and Forgotten Festivals
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  • 1. Medieval European sword dance performed at festivals
  • 3. Indigenous feast of gift-giving on the Northwest Coast
  • 4. West African dance festival celebrating the harvest season
  • 6. Northern European spring rite to awaken the earth’s spirits
  • 8. North Indian winter festival involving bonfires and songs
  • 9. African initiation ritual involving masquerades and dance
  • 10. Historical Hindu practice of widow immolation, now banned
  • 13. Central Asian shamanistic ritual involving spirit invocation
  • 15. Massive Hindu pilgrimage festival held every 12 years
  • 17. Indigenous people known for the Winter Solstice ceremonies
  • 19. Vietnamese highland festival marking the rice harvest
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  • 2. Festival item symbolizing light and guidance, used in many cultures
  • 5. West African ritual involving drumming and masked dancers
  • 7. West African ethnic group known for elaborate ancestral festivals
  • 11. Japanese festival honoring ancestral spirits in summer
  • 12. Mother temple festival celebrated on Bali's highest volcano
  • 14. Andean ritual involving ritualistic combat for fertility
  • 16. Ancient Roman celebration often linked to religious rites
  • 18. Obscure ritual dance from ancient Himalayan tribes
  • 20. Carnival festival famous for vibrant parades before Lent

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