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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
Vikings participate in the Up Helly Aa Viking fire festival in Shetland Islands, Scotland, Jan. 29, 2013. The event culminates with up to 1,000 men in costume throwing flaming torches into their Viking longboat. (David Cheskin/PA/AP Photo)
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