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Obscure Rites and Lost Festivities
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Ancient Greek revelry honoring the god of vine and ecstasy, now nearly eclipsed
  • 2. Andean solstice celebration venerating the sun, mostly a relic after colonial impact
  • 4. Tamil month-rooted festival, fading in global memory, celebrating divine weddings
  • 5. Ancient Roman vintage festival honoring Bacchus, rarely referenced in modern culture
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  • 3. A Japanese ritual to honor ancestral spirits, whose global proliferation has waned
  • 6. Roman midwinter feast subverting norms, where masters served slaves in role reversal
  • 7. Pre-Lenten masquerade known for elaborate masks, once widespread but now localized

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