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Esoteric Rituals and Peculiar Customs
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  • 1. Portable sanctuary used in ritual ceremonies, symbolizing divine presence (10)
  • 2. French tradition of open-air village dances symbolizing communal rites (10)
  • 4. Japanese Buddhist festival invoking ancestral spirits with lanterns and dance (4)
  • 5. Place where mourners historically gather to lament aloud (9)
  • 7. Indigenous ritual of the Yolngu people characterized by symbolic body painting (9)
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  • 3. Malformation-themed procession named for swelling resembling a tropical disease (11)
  • 6. Inscribed marker memorializing the dearly departed in cryptic symbology (9)
  • 8. Japanese theatrical tradition blending dance and drama with ritualistic origins (6)
  • 9. Floral offering ritual symbolizing honor, common in Mediterranean weddings (8)

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