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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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