Fire Festival - Up Helly Aa in Shetland
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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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The Up Helly Aa Fire Festival in Shetland is unlike anything you’ll experience back home.
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Lerwick Up Helly Aa, 2023    
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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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The annual celebration of Shetland's Viking heritage welcomes visitors from around the world.
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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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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 is a famous Viking-themed fire festival that actually celebrates the end of Christmas season and its origins date back to the 19th century.
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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 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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Shetland Islanders celebrate the influence of the Vikings who arrived on their islands just over 1000 years ago
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SCOTLAND: Up Helly Aa festival, Lerwick, Shetland islands.
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Viking society was highly stratified, with three distinct classes, from enslaved to aristocracy; and clearly defined professions that described life.
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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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