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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
Members of the 2013 "Jarl Squad" take part in the annual Up Helly Aa festival, which culminates in the burning of a Viking Galley in Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland, Jan. 29, 2013. (Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images)
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