Up Helly Aa
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Up Helly Aa
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Up Helly Aa is a type of fire festival held annually from January to March in various communities in Shetland, Scotland, to mark the end of the Yule season. Each festival involves a torchlit procession by squads of costumed participants that culminates in the burning of an imitation Viking galley. The largest festival held in Lerwick, Shetland's capital, involves a procession of up to a thousand guizers who march through the streets of Lerwick on the last Tuesday in January. The other rural fest
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Local festival celebrated in Shetland, Scotland
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_Helly_Aa
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2023-08-19T11:55:46Z
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