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Ethereal Rites and Arcane Revelries
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Viking torch procession ignites the winter’s last breath in Shetland (8)
  • 2. Andean combat ritual morphing into sacramental offering through blood (5)
  • 3. Valencian pyromania involving colossal effigies consigned to fiery oblivion (6)
  • 4. Pilgrimage convergence where sacred waters entangle mortal cleansings (9)
  • 7. Armenian water-spreading rite, saturating the streets under pagan echoes (8)
  • 9. Zapotec maize celebration intertwining harvest and ancestral reveries (7)
  • 13. Mongolian triad of wrestling, horse racing, and archery contested (6)
Down
  • 5. Kyoto’s float-laden festival evoking Buddhist salvation through processions (10)
  • 6. Mud-infused bacchanal on Korea’s coast famed for dermal exfoliation (8)
  • 8. Mayan vocational tribute where deers and gods harmonize obscurely (5)
  • 10. Baroque masquerade spiral before Lent, where allegories dance in masks (9)
  • 11. Ethiopian Epiphany rite reenacting baptism in Jordan’s mystic flow (6)
  • 12. Bahama carnival bursting with calypso rhythms and masked pageantry (8)
  • 14. Japanese ascetic festival where scantily clad dancers brave winter’s chill (6)
  • 15. Tamil celestial festival invoking divine unions in the season of blossoms (7)
  • 16. Portuguese folk festival celebrating gaze and ritualized perception (5)

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