Viking heritage celebrated in Scotland

• NeverSayGoodBye

  29 Jan 14, 15:03

  The Up Helly Aa Fire Festival, held annually in Shetland, Scotland, celebrates the Viking heritage of the local islands. Visitors from around the world come to the mult-day festival to watch the modern day Vikings, who call themselves the Jarl Squad, battle it out for the amusement of spectators. The event culminates in the burning of a replica Viking galley.

   

  he Guizer Jarl, Ivor Cluness and his Jarl Squad march through the streets of Lerwick on January 28, 2014, in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The traditional festival of fire is known as 'Up Helly Aa'. The spectacular event takes place annually on the last Tuesday of January. The climax of the day comes with participants in full costume hauling a Viking longboat through the streets of Lerwick to the edge of town where up to 1000 people parade and throw their flaming torches into the galley.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

• NeverSayGoodBye

  29 Jan 14, 15:07

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  29 Jan 14, 17:03

  Vikings~~~

   

  Thor approves~~~

• charlize

  19 Feb 14, 19:58

  

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  20 Feb 14, 09:48

  Can wear this go take MRT anot? 

• charlize

  12 Mar 14, 21:25

  As long as not samurai, I think can.

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  13 Mar 14, 15:59

  So Miyamoto Musashi cannot but Thor is ok...

   

   

   

  Ok noted 

• charlize

  13 Mar 14, 19:34

  Just don't fus ro dah.

   

  Might scare people away.