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Up Helly Aa English: Up Helly Aa is a tradition that originated in the 1880s. Since then the festival has been an annual occurrence in the Shetland calendar.
Up Helly Aa day is always the last Tuesday in January every year. The day involves a series of marches and visitations, culminating in torch lit procession and Galley burning. There then follows hours of performing acts and dancing in halls throughout the evening and early morning.
The Up Helly Aa festival celebrates the arrival of the vikings in the Shetlands over a 1000 years ago. Read more............
Dutch: Up Helly Aa wordt elk jaar op de laatste dinsdag van januari op de Shetlands gehouden. De eilanders vieren dan dat ze afstammen van de Vikingen.