This video is unavailable. From then on, Up Helly Aa becomes increasingly Viking-ised," said Brydon. Northmavine’s Up Helly Aa. Torches are lit and the procession begins, with each guizer carrying one of the flaming torches whilst singing.
The burning of the galley at Up Helly Aa 2019. Watch Queue Queue
Image copyright AFP Image caption A Viking galley is burned as part of the annual event The organisers of Shetland's main Up Helly Aa festival have said the use of blackface "will not be tolerated". His input led to one of the festival's most famous sights - the burning of a replica Viking galley. Up Helly Aa is a fire festival which is currently celebrated annually at 11 locations throughout Shetland, involving 12 Up Helly Aa Festivals.The longest running, largest and most well known is held in Lerwick on the last Tuesday in January, and is the most synonymous with the term 'Up Helly Aa'. The Up Helly Aa festival marks the end of the Yule season, a Germanic and Nordic celebration, that roughly corresponded to the end of Christmas in Scotland.The festivities vary from location to location, but generally involve various processions through the town, including a spectacular evening torchlit procession of up to 1,000 “Guizers”, who dress up in a variety of themed outfits. On the morning of Up Helly Aa, the galley can be seen on the waterfront but the evening, of course, is the main event.
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The burning of the galley at Up Helly Aa 2019. Watch Queue Queue
Image copyright AFP Image caption A Viking galley is burned as part of the annual event The organisers of Shetland's main Up Helly Aa festival have said the use of blackface "will not be tolerated". His input led to one of the festival's most famous sights - the burning of a replica Viking galley. Up Helly Aa is a fire festival which is currently celebrated annually at 11 locations throughout Shetland, involving 12 Up Helly Aa Festivals.The longest running, largest and most well known is held in Lerwick on the last Tuesday in January, and is the most synonymous with the term 'Up Helly Aa'. The Up Helly Aa festival marks the end of the Yule season, a Germanic and Nordic celebration, that roughly corresponded to the end of Christmas in Scotland.The festivities vary from location to location, but generally involve various processions through the town, including a spectacular evening torchlit procession of up to 1,000 “Guizers”, who dress up in a variety of themed outfits. On the morning of Up Helly Aa, the galley can be seen on the waterfront but the evening, of course, is the main event.
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