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Enigmatic Rituals of Rare Festivals
Explore lesser-known global festival customs through this crossword featuring unique and obscure traditions.
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  • 1. A whimsical Welsh celebration marking the first full moon of spring
  • 2. Iranian tradition jumping over bonfires for purification
  • 3. Russian festival involving pranks on April Fool’s Day
  • 4. Festival where paper lanterns are floated down rivers in Thailand
  • 6. Indigenous North American ceremonial feast emphasizing gift giving
  • 10. Mongolian festival honoring spirits of the wind with horse races
  • 11. Hungarian tradition of chasing away evil spirits with a wooden stick
  • 14. Pacific island festival celebrating the lunar cycle with chants
  • 16. Romanian ritual where men dress as bears to ward off evil
  • 20. Japanese festival celebrating firewalking rituals
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  • 5. Basque folk dance performed during obscure spring festivals
  • 7. Filipino festival combining water splashing and mud wrestling
  • 8. Australian Indigenous ceremony involving symbolic frog dances
  • 9. Catalan tradition involving a log that ‘defecates’ gifts
  • 12. Spanish tomato-throwing street festival
  • 13. Swiss custom involving spinning illuminated batons in night parades
  • 15. Festival in coastal communities featuring sand dollar displays
  • 17. A quirky Easter race involving costumes and hopping
  • 18. Arctic festival where participants wear elaborate ice crystal costumes
  • 19. A Cornish festival where a rag doll is paraded through town

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