Up Helly Aa: What happens at Shetland's Viking fire festival?
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BBC Local News: North-East Scotland and Northern Isles -- The festival celebrates Shetland's Norse heritage, ending in the burning of a replica Viking galley.
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BBC Local News: North-East Scotland and Northern Isles -- The festival celebrates Shetland's Norse heritage, ending in the burning of a replica Viking galley.
Full ArticleFor the first time in 143 years, females joined the main Viking Squad at Shetland's Up Helly Aa.
An annual fire festival in Scotland is set to have women and girls involved in leading its torchlit procession for the first time.