Up-helly-aa

Up-helly-aa
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Publisher : Manchester University Press
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 1901341070
ISBN-13 : 9781901341072
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Up-helly-aa by : Callum G. Brown

Download or read book Up-helly-aa written by Callum G. Brown and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Up-Helly-Aa is Europe's largest and most spectacular winter fire festival. In the biting Arctic wind on the last Tuesday of every January, a Guizer Jarl leads one thousand men in guising costumes with flaming torches through the streets of Lerwick, the capital of the Shetland Isles, accompanying a Viking galley to its ceremonial burning.


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