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Up Helly Aa Scotland
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.
about Up Helly Aa
Lerwick Up Helly Aa is a great show, a celebration of Shetland's history, and a triumphant display of the skills and spirit of the islanders. Run entirely by volunteers, this Northern Mardi Gras lasts just one day (and all night).
From January to mid-March, it's Up Helly Aa - or Fire Festival - season in Shetland. There are 12 in total. Lerwick Up Helly Aa attracts a global audience, but smaller festivals are also held in communities across the islands, including in Unst in the north, Bressay in the east, and across mainland Shetland.
Up Helly Aa is a legendary festival in Scotland to celebrate the arrival of the Vikings. It is an ancient fire festival that salutes the Vikings who colonized this part of Europe in the 8th century. This part of Scotland remained a province of Norway until 1472.
about shetlanders
Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom.
Today, the language spoken by Shetlanders is a regional dialect of the English or Scots language but its roots are firmly bedded in Shetland's Scandinavian past.
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