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Esoteric Rites of Seasonal Revelries
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Bengali ritual where spirits of ancestors are propitiated
  • 2. Excluded members in tribal festivals, akin to ritual outcasts
  • 3. Pertaining to offerings of divine drink in obscure harvest ceremonies
  • 5. Artful execution in fiery displays during solstice ceremonies
  • 6. Sacrificial offering in Central Asian seasonal rites of renewal
  • 11. To intoxicate as part of ceremonial libations, often symbolic
  • 12. Spanish open-air festival gatherings infused with ancient rites
  • 14. A supposed ritual tribute concealing ancient protective symbolism
  • 18. Old English wheat-harvest festival with ritual bread baking
Down
  • 4. Aztec ceremonial bitter drink, precursor to modern chocolate
  • 7. Thai lantern floating ritual to honor water spirits
  • 8. Adjective describing rituals meant to ward off evil influences
  • 9. Masked pre-Lenten festivity with obscure symbolic expulsions
  • 10. Mystic Greek rites celebrating demeter’s agricultural secrets
  • 13. Hypothetical ritual name blending moon and sun festival cycles
  • 15. Ritual soapberry used in traditional cleansing rites, not just soap
  • 16. Roman first-of-the-month festival involving ritual announcements
  • 17. Priestesses guarding sacred flames in ancient Roman observances

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