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Esoteric Celebrations of the World
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Malawian healing dance invoking ancestral spirits and possession
  • 2. Naga festival proclaiming the onset of sowing season
  • 3. Ancient Incan sun worship festival revived in modern Peru
  • 5. Ceremonial Mexica ritual dance embracing ancestral cosmology
  • 9. Venetian masked bacchanalia blending Baroque artistry and secrecy
  • 12. Mud-centric Korean festival combining recreation and skin health rites
  • 14. Japanese festival where scantily clad men seek sacred luck
  • 18. Mongolian festival showcasing the 'three manly sports'
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  • 4. Lathmaar variant celebrated with color fights in Indian folklore
  • 6. Harvest thanksgiving festival with kolam art and bull taming
  • 7. Laotian rocket festival seeking to summon seasonal rains
  • 8. New Mexican effigy burning purging gloom and welcoming light
  • 10. South Indian festival marked by body piercings and divine devotion
  • 11. Obsolete English festival noted for its unusual matrimonial custom
  • 13. Shetland's fiery Viking torch procession signals winter’s end
  • 15. Orthodox Christian gathering featuring Byzantine chants and icons
  • 16. Valencian pyrotechnic spectacle burning satire and artistry
  • 17. Rare Himalayan ritual involving masked dances and trance states

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