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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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