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Title: Up-Helly-Aa
Post by: blobrana on January 29, 2008, 11:06:57 PM

Shetlander gathered today to celebrate their Viking heritage with a spectacular festival of fire and fancy dress.
During "Up-Helly-Aa", hundreds of residents of the Shetland Islands off the north coast of Scotland  have a  torchlight parade  which ends an elaborately-crafted Viking longship  dragged through the town of Lerwick and  being set on fire.

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/4360/uphellaahar7.jpg
http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/452/uphellaah2dh9.jpg

"The Islanders are expected to dance and sing into the early hours of the morning."  

Read more (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/scotland/north_east/7213641.stm)

Title: Re: Up-Helly-Aa
Post by: motorollin on January 30, 2008, 01:12:24 PM

Quote

blobrana wrote:
"The Islanders are expected to dance and sing into the early hours of the morning."

The wording of that made me laugh - it makes it sound like an obligation:

"No, sorry, it's only 23:30. You can't stop dancing and singing yet."

:lol:

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moto

Title: Re: Up-Helly-Aa
Post by: blobrana on January 30, 2008, 09:58:32 PM

Yeah,
those islanders are a funny lot

www.youtube.com/watch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEOQqnHMSMc)

Title: Re: Up-Helly-Aa
Post by: metalman on February 03, 2008, 07:10:28 AM

Wear your Viking helmet, spread mayonnaise on the lawn and celebrate Weasel Stomping Day? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEOAh9RDIfI&feature=related)