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Esoteric Festivities and Forgotten Commemorations
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- 1. Astronomical midpoint heralding equal day and night
- 3. Gaelic fire festival marking the start of summer
- 5. Ancient Celtic harvest rite honoring a sun god
- 8. Pre-Lenten rite featuring masquerades and indulgence
- 11. Incan solstice ceremony venerating the sun deity
- 13. Korean lunar new year's day involving ritual bowing
- 17. Balinese day of silence for spiritual cleansing
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- 2. Mexican solemn yet colorful remembrance of ancestors
- 4. Roman midwinter revelry marked by role reversals
- 6. Jewish new year with themes of judgment and renewal
- 7. British commemoration of foiled 1605 plot flames
- 9. Korean harvest festival honoring ancestors' spirits
- 10. Slavic festival signaling winter's demise with pancakes
- 12. International event promoting wetland conservation
- 14. Celtic cross-quarter day invoking early spring hopes
- 15. Predecessor to Halloween marking Celtic year's end
- 16. South Indian harvest celebration with rice offerings