In Pictures: Burning galley provides fitting climax to Up Helly Aa revelry
The celebration of all things Viking culminated in a harbour blaze at the Shetland festival.
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Crowds gather in Shetland for Up Helly Aa fire festival
The festival dates to the 19th century.
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‘It’s bigger than Hogmanay’: Shetland’s Up Helly Aa Viking fire festival
The raucous celebration of the new year and the islands’ Nordic heritage culminates in the ritual burning of a longship – and much drinking
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