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Lynden Nicolson Leads Up Helly Aa Viking Fire Festival After 18-Year Wait
More than 1,000 torch-bearing participants, known as the Jarl Squad, lead the torchlit march and longship burning honoring Shetland's Viking roots since the 1880s.
- Lynden Nicolson has waited for almost two decades to lead the torch-lit procession at Shetland's world famous Up Helly Aa fire festival, the longest time someone has had to wait in the event's 145-year-old history.
- On Tuesday evening hundreds of torch-bearers will follow the 58-year-old meter technician on a parade through the streets of Shetland's capital Lerwick to celebrate the islands' Norse heritage, culminating in the burning of a replica Viking long ship.
- The fire festival sees people dressed as Vikings march through the streets of the town to recreate its ancient Viking past, in a tradition dating back to the 19th century.
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Hundreds of men dressed in Vikings marched through the streets of Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland, on the occasion of the annual festivities of Up Helly Aa on Tuesday.
·Montreal, Canada
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Crowds gather in Shetland for Up Helly Aa fire festival
The festival dates to the 19th century.
·London, United Kingdom
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Why one Scottish island is engulfed in flames in a spectacular Viking celebration every January
Up Helly Aa is held on the final Tuesday of January every year, and will see an army of more than 1,000 Viking warriors, known as the Jarl Squad, take to the streets.
·Glasgow, United Kingdom
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