Fire Festival - Up Helly Aa in Shetland
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Lerwick Up Helly Aa, held on the last Tuesday in January each year, is Shetland’s Fire Festival Season to celebrate the passing of winter. Similar fiery events take place from early January to the end of March with festivals held in communities all over the islands.
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Up Helly Aa Photos | David Gifford Photography
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More from the Up-Helly Aa festival in Shetland Isles, Scotland. Preparing for the burning! #shetlandisles #festival #unitedkingdom #uphellyaa #Viking #history #vikinghistory #historyvikings
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Yesterday, January 30, people in Lerwick, Scotland, celebrated an annual Viking festival known as Up Helly Aa. Up Helly Aa is a variant of the Scottish Gaelic word Uphaliday, meaning end of holiday.
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LERWICK Up Helly Aa has been immortalised in a new set of Royal Mail collectible stamps. The fire festival features in a set of eight stamps called Curious...
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Just one of almost 50 acts on Lerwick's night of the year. Up Helly Aa is great fun!
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Lerwick Up Helly Aa, 2023    
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The dragon's tongue and beard are fixed to the galley bow and 1,200 torches are dripping in paraffin - Lerwick is ready for Up Helly Aa. The finishing
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The annual celebration of Shetland's Viking heritage welcomes visitors from around the world.
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While I was preoccupied with the past history of the Vikings, the Shetland Isles in northern Scotland were busy celebrating their own connection and Viking heritage! Shetland’s annual Up Hell…
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SCOTLAND: Up Helly Aa festival, Lerwick, Shetland islands.
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Each year in Lerwick on the Shetland Isles the Vikings come to town in the form of Up Helly Aa festival
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Shetland Islanders celebrate the influence of the Vikings who arrived on their islands just over 1000 years ago
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Thousands gather for main Up Helly Aa fire festival in Shetland with women taking part in squads for first time
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Over a thousand people dressed as Vikings set a longboat on fire at the Shetland Islands' Up Helly Aa festival. DO NOT TRY THIS YOURSELF, FOR REAL.
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We arrived at Spiggie beach almost at night. By that time a large crowd had already gathered, but there wasn’t any action. Everyone was waiting. But for what? Unfortunately, I didn’t know, as it was my first time there. Suddenly I saw a spot of a burning flame at the end of the road beneath th
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