Check out this fiery Viking festival in Shetland
It was an un-fire-gettable night in Lerwick this week as their world-famous fire festival filled the streets with flames and ...
Viking-Inspired Fire Festival Lights Up Scottish Island
Viking-inspired fire festival of Up Helly Aa, described by organizers as “a northern Mardi Gras,” was held in the town of Lerwick in Scotland’s Shetland Islands on Tuesday,8.The festival involves a ...
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Norse code: Keeping the flame at the Up Helly Aa festival
Revellers have gathered on Shetland for the annual Up Helly Aa fire festival. The event marks the end of the Yule season in Nordic culture, and features “guizers” in Viking costume marching through ...
Flames Rise as Ship Burned at Viking-Inspired Fire Festival
Viking-inspired fire festival of Up Helly Aa, described by organizers as “a northern Mardi Gras,” was held in the town of Lerwick in Scotland’s Shetland Islands on Tuesday,8.The festival involves a ...
Historic annual Up Helly Aa fire festival blazes back in Scotland to celebrate Norse heritage - with women and girls allowed for only the second time
The Viking celebrations are filled with fiery symbolism, camaraderie, storytelling and community feasts on the UK's most northerly islands.
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UK: Shetland celebrates Viking heritage with Up Helly Aa
On Tuesday, the Up Helly Aa festival brought fire and tradition to the Shetland Islands as costumed participants, known as ...
Up Helly Aa - the roots and Viking traditions of the Shetland celebration
Up Helly Aa echoes the long rule of the Kingdom of Norway over Shetland and the return of the sun following the darkest winter days.
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Norse code: Keeping the flame at the Up Helly Aa festival
The event culminated in the burning of an imitation Viking galley ... Members of the Jarl Squad parade through Lerwick (Jane Barlow/PA) Originating in the 1880s, the festival celebrates Shetland ...