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Answer the following about practices of Bali Hindus that revolve around their island’s 210-day calendar, for 10 points each.
[10e] Auspicious days on which people may enter trances called kerauhan are declared by pedandas, a priest class similar to this highest varna in the caste system.
ANSWER: brahmin [or brāhmaṇa or brāhmaṇ]
[10h] Every year, participants at this location’s Odalan festival take flowers from a canang sari (“CHAH-nang sah-ree”) and place them behind their ears. This largest and holiest of Bali’s pura temples has a large split gate called a candi (“chan-dee”) bentar.
ANSWER: Pura Besakih
[10m] Bali’s Saka New Year is celebrated in Denpasar (“den-PAH-sar”) with groups pretending to perform this action until water buckets are thrown on them. While circum·ambulating during ṭawāf, this action may be performed to a black meteorite fragment.
ANSWER: kissing [accept synonyms such as smooching; prompt on touching; prompt on hugging or pulling or pull-pull by asking “What other action is that supposed to represent?”] (The meteorite fragment is on the Kaaba.)
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Chicago BJohns Hopkins100010E
Columbia AWUSTL A100010E
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Iowa StateToronto B1001020EM
LSENYU100010E
MITCornell A100010E
MarylandIllinois B1001020EM
MichiganColumbia B1001020EM
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NorthwesternToronto A1001020EM
OttawaFlorida100010E
StanfordRutgers1010020EH
TexasMinnesota100010E
Toronto CHarvard100010E
UC Berkeley AChicago A100010E
UC Berkeley BPenn State1010020EH
UCFNorth Carolina B100010E
VirginiaOhio State100010E
Waterloo AIndiana100010E
Waterloo BWUSTL B100010E
YaleBritish Columbia100010E

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2025 ACF NationalsYes2213.64100%27%9%