new fire ceremony

new fire ceremony
noun also new fire
Etymology: new fire ceremony from new fire (from new (I) + fire) + ceremony
: a ceremony that recurs in many cultures, is symbolic of new life, the new year, or rebirth, and involves the extinguishing of all household fires and their rekindling on the hearths from a newly kindled ceremonial fire

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