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This evenings paraffin fuelled viking galley burning, kicks off with the junior Up Helly Aa squad’s from the local school. It warms the streets ahead of the main procession later. Three cheers to the Junior Jarl Squad! 🪓🔥🔥 #UpHellyAa #Shetland
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There we have it… The mighty Up Helly Aa galley ablaze and warming the streets of Lerwick with its mighty glow! Three cheers for #UpHellyAa! 🪓🔥🍻 #Shetland
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Lerwick #UpHellyAa is under way. Three cheers for guizer jarl Calum Grains and his squad of 61 Vikings @Shetnews
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Hear them roar! Guizer Jarl Calum Grains and his squad of 61 Vikings are taking to the streets of Lerwick! 🔥 #Shetland #UpHellyAa
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The #UpHellyAa going up in flames at the procession earlier tonight. More to come at https://t.co/DssMwxOiyG
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There are so many unique experiences to try in #Scotland! 😍Have YOU ever attended an #UpHellyAa fire festival? 🔥@PromoteShetland
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The Up Helly Aa jarl squad was in fine voice earlier this morning as they walked through Lerwick ahead of a busy day - and night - ahead. Read more at https://t.co/DssMwxOQoe
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And that's the Cullivoe Up Helly AA galley Lastdragar well alight on Friday evening. All the best to Jarl Brian Spence and his squad of Vikings @shetnews #UphellyAa
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‘Third generation’ jarl leads most northerly #UpHellyAa Story here: https://t.co/O9qwyFaCUC via @Shetnews
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Junior #UpHellyAa on the go in Lerwick. Junior guizers have their own galley. The Guizer Jarl is escorted by a squad of vikings and then a series of squads of young people in... a variety of costumes! You'll also see this later tonight in the main, adult procession. #Shetland
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1000 flaming torches, 50 mph winds, one big party. The 2023 #UpHellyAa galley burning in Lerwick, #Shetland yesterday evening 🔥🔥🔥 @VisitScotland @PromoteShetland @Shetnews @stormhour @NLFerries @JudithRalston @Juddhunt1 @ShetlandLibrary
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🔥✨ Celebrate the end of the #Yule season end of January in epic style at #UpHellyAa in Lerwick, Shetland Islands Origin: 1881. This fire festival, one of the U.K.'s largest, resurrects Viking heritage with participants decked out as Vikings, culminating in the dramatic burning
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