Up Helly Aa

By Kendall Giles, on February 2nd, 2008

Now this is a heritage celebration: the largest fire festival in Europe, Up Helly Aa, takes place each year in Shetland the last Tuesday in January.

“Guizers” form a torch-light procession and proceed to ceremonially burn a full-size replica Viking longship.

I think most folks in the U.S. are too short-sighted to try something like that here.

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