The annual Up Helly Aa festival in Lerwick,Shetland, celebrates the influence of the Scandinavian Vikings on the islands and culminates with up to 1000 ‘guizers’ throwing flaming torches into their longboat and setting it alight later(This gallery was amended on 27 January 2016. An earlier version wrongly referred to Shetland as the Shetland Islands)Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com