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Pictured: Revellers wield axes and don Viking costumes for annual Up Helly Aa festival
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoRevellers brandished axes and donned Viking costumes as they marched through the streets of Lerwick,...
In Pictures: Vikings storm streets of Lerwick as Up Helly Aa festival returns
Press Association News via AOL· 5 months agoUp Helly Aa made a roaring comeback to the streets of Lerwick as thousands gathered to watch the...
Shetland set for Up Helly Aa festival with women in squads for first time
Press Association News via AOL· 1 year agoThousands of people are gathering for the main Up Helly Aa fire festival in Shetland, with women set...
Viking festival Jarl Squad includes female participants for first time
Press Association News via AOL· 5 months agoThe key element in a Viking festival has embraced female participants for the first time. Up Helly...
Women and girls join procession for first time at Shetland’s Up Helly Aa fire festival
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 months agoUp Helly Aa in Lerwick, Shetland, began in the 1880s but it only allowed women and girls to join the...
In pictures: Spectacular Up Helly Aa festival returns after two-year absence
Press Association News via AOL· 1 year agoShetland was once again the setting for the spectacular Up Helly Aa festival as Vikings returned to...
In Pictures: Barbie bog snorkels and flaming vikings – the quirkiness of 2023
Press Association News via AOL· 6 months agoFrom booting a “bottle” in the land’s oldest sport to bog snorkelling while dressed as Barbie –...
Women to be part of ‘jarl squad’ for first time at annual Shetland fire festival
Press Association News via AOL· 5 months agoAn annual fire festival in Shetland is to have women involved in its “jarl squad” for the first...
Hundreds of Shetlanders set boat on fire to mark Viking festival
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 months agoHundreds of people carrying flaming torches swarmed round a Viking boat in Shetland to celebrate the...
The week’s best photos
The Week via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA group of Joaldunak participate in a carnival in Spain (Image credit: Alvaro Barrientos / AP) A man wears a traditional mariachi hat during a bullfight...