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Esoteric Rites of Quaint Locales is a hard crossword puzzle with 18 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
Esoteric Rites of Quaint Locales
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- 1. Festival feature involving luminance to exorcise darkness or evil
- 2. Auditory extravaganza named for resonant instruments, rare but distinct event
- 3. A term embodied metaphorically in apocalyptic pageants of small communities
- 4. Art form animating figures, sometimes central to folkloric revels
- 9. Temporary construction enabling elevated performances in unusual ritual displays
- 12. Pre-Lenten ritual event featuring masquerades and chaotic processions
- 13. Secretive assembly evoking mystic rites in obscure town celebrations
- 14. A small dramatic scene often reconstructed in historical reenactments
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- 5. Spiritual practice venerating symbolic entities in indigenous ceremonies
- 6. Illusory festival display involving shadow and light to conjure spirits
- 7. Wild uproar typical of chaotic and exuberant traditional festivals
- 8. Aerostatic spectacle in a tiny town, symbolizing transcendence or whimsy
- 10. Elaborate disguise event marking liminal temporal phases in tradition
- 11. One who challenges sacred images; sometimes honored in rebellious local festivals
- 15. Ecstatic communal expression often culminating peculiar festal rites
- 16. Opening gala sometimes incorporated in arts-centered small-town festivities
- 17. Musical instrument providing ethereal tones in some rural festivities
- 18. Common focal point in pyric ceremonies, often incinerated symbolically
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