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The Cullivoe Up Helly Aa is one of many Viking fire festivals held in the Shetland Islands. Our event is held every year on the last Friday in February. Up Helly Aa Day The Jarl Squad spend the morning and afternoon visiting schools and elderly members of the community. In the evening the procession starts at approximately 7pm, where the guizers - led by the Jarl Squad - march the galley from.
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Taking place annually on the last Tuesday of January in the town of Lerwick, the Shetland’s Viking Fire Festival, or Up Helly Aa as it’s known locally, is the largest event of its kind in Europe. Thousands of visitors from across the world travel to this northernmost corner of Scotland to join in this Scandinavian Vikings’ style celebrations of the end of winter and the return of the sun.
On a blustery evening on the last Tuesday in January, Guizer Jarl Neil Robertson, bedecked in his splendid Viking suit, was pulled aloft his Viking galley through the streets of Lerwick as Shetland celebrated Up Helly Aa 2015. Adorning his Viking name Olaf Harraldsson, the Jarl and his squad of 70 Vikings begin their day at 7.30am. Following a.
A packed Bressay Hall was entertained by Guizer Jarl Ross Manson and his squad this morning (Friday) as the isle’s fire festival began. Dressed in grey kirtles and charcoal cloaks, the Vikings performed the Up Helly Aa Song before putting their own spin on the John Denver classic Take Me Home, Country Roads. This evening Mr Manson will oversee the burning of his galley in the highlight of.
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If an emergency arises on Bressay before Up Helly Aa, surely the firemen could get rid of their beards in a few seconds with the help of a big pair of scissors. They probably have every intention of shaving off their beards when Up Helly Aa is past and would resume their duties clean-shaven, as required. Do the men need to keep their beards because they are in the Guizer Jarl’s squad, a once.