Up Helly Aa Fire Festival celebrates the Vikings
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Up Helly Aa celebrates the influence of the Scandinavian Vikings in the Shetland Islands and has employed this theme in the festival since 1870. The event culminates with up to 1,000 men in costume throwing flaming torches into their Viking longboat.
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