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Up Helly Aa Fire Festival Celebrates the Vikings

Participants dressed as Vikings throw flaming torches into a longboat.

Fire Festival Celebrates the Vikings

Up Helly Aa Fire Festival Celebrates the Vikings
Up Helly Aa Fire Festival Celebrates the Vikings
Up Helly Aa Fire Festival Celebrates the Vikings
Up Helly Aa Fire Festival Celebrates the Vikings
Up Helly Aa Fire Festival Celebrates the Vikings
Up Helly Aa Fire Festival Celebrates the Vikings
Up Helly Aa Fire Festival Celebrates the Vikings
Up Helly Aa Fire Festival Celebrates the Vikings
Up Helly Aa Fire Festival Celebrates the Vikings
Up Helly Aa Fire Festival Celebrates the Vikings
Up Helly Aa Fire Festival Celebrates the Vikings
Up Helly Aa Fire Festival Celebrates the Vikings
Up Helly Aa Fire Festival Celebrates the Vikings
Up Helly Aa Fire Festival Celebrates the Vikings
Up Helly Aa Fire Festival Celebrates the Vikings
Up Helly Aa Fire Festival Celebrates the Vikings
The "Jarl Squad" parade takes place on the streets of Lerwick during the Up Helly Aa Viking fire festival in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Every year a new boat is built and burned after a torch lit procession of locals dressed in viking costumes, Jan. 29, 2013. (David Cheskin/PA/AP Photo)
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