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Up-Helly-Aa: Ship Burning
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Up-Helly-Aa: Ship Burning

Nott, Dorothy A

January 1968

Burning of a replica Viking ship at the Up-Helly-Aa festival in Lerwick (Shetland Islands). Traditionally, Yule fires were burnt for the festival. The custom of burning a Norse galley was introduced i...

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Up-Helly-Aa: Firing of the Ship
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Up-Helly-Aa: Firing of the Ship

Nott, Dorothy A

January 1968

Torchlight procession and firing of the replica Viking ship at the Up-Helly-Aa festival in Lerwick (Shetland Islands). The procession replaced the custom of pulling blazing tar barrels through the str...

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