On Tuesday of January, the tiny village of Lerwick bursts into a blazing effigy, filling the dark winter skies with fire and smoke. The event is based Helly Aa, Europe's largest fire festival and the islands Shetland - an area considered very remote even by Scottish standards of Up Helly Aa festival is not to simply provide heat on cold nights so. allow people to demonstrate their strong spirit and willingness to carry on their traditions. Visitors shower light and heat so intense it's hard to believe they are in the wilds of the near - Arctic, appreciate the sense of history and understand the strong ties that the Shetlands have with the North. the (Scandinavian) and legendary Viking festival, Up Helly Aa celebrates the arrival of the Vikings in the archipelago Sheth lap of the more than 1000 years ago and has been going on for over 100 years, the event begins. at 7:30 - well after dark in this part of the world come January - when Guizer Jarl, Viking is a key figure in the implementation of these makes his appearance. He will have spent the day visiting schools and hospitals, singing songs and making speeches in preparation for the evening activities Guizer Jarl has a long beard typical of his outfit elegant, surrounded by hundreds of people, guizers. that would still dressed in different outfits as diverse as accounting Torches burning scene is imposing, as if the invasion of land that occurs on the island and the players are about to be taken hostage squads topped Guizer Jarl as he makes one sound. speaking to the crowd huddled in the middle of them is the galley, full-size replica of a Viking warship. Squads and the frantic Guizer Jarl begin to sing the traditional songs HELLA Aa then a fireworks single sky, a roar of air Torches were carried out by filling guizers thrown into the galley. Within seconds, the entire wooden structure is surrounded in flames, to the amazement of the audience. The feeling of satisfaction, meet the eyes of Guizer Jarl guizers while shouting and jumping for joy. However, the festivities are far from over following the burning of the galley, guizers sing another traditional Viking "Norsemans. Home ", before departing to visit the halls. Hall is a large room, where guests have gathered to dance and drink the night. The festive atmosphere and uniqueness of Up Helly is highlighted by visits from squads guizer to visit every single hall and dance with the guests. This job requires a lot of time to spend most of the night and the early hours of the morning continued the next day.
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