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Esoteric Island rites and arcane ceremonies
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  • 1. Rooster whose crow marks dawn in sacred morning rituals
  • 2. Adjective describing symbolic ancestral emblematic objects
  • 4. Doctrine attributing souls to plants, objects, or spirits
  • 6. Carved figure embodying ancestral spirits in island lore
  • 7. Ancient Polynesian taboo or sacred prohibition
  • 10. Belief system linking clans with emblematic natural entities
  • 14. Formal acts embedding cultural transitions or worship
  • 15. Traditional permanent body art conveying spiritual status
  • 16. Effigy guarding harvests, sometimes linked to island magic
  • 19. Occult practice often entwined with island spirit ceremonies
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  • 3. Sacred utterance repeated to invoke ritual power
  • 5. The process of giving life or energy in sacred rites
  • 8. Exotic fruit symbolically used in Pacific island rites
  • 9. Collected myths and stories transmitted through island culture
  • 11. Botanical phenomenon symbolic in island rebirth ceremonies
  • 12. Offering sacrificed to deities during island rituals
  • 13. Systematic adherence to ceremonial rites and customs
  • 17. Act of offering life or goods for appeasement
  • 18. Decorative garland hung during island fertility rites
  • 20. Bitter herb historically linked to purification rites

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