up-helly-a montage

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A montage of up-helly-a pictures The Up-helly-a occurs every year the last Tuesday of January and although a fairly modern event it draws on Viking tradition. Roy Leask was 2008 leader or "Guizer" and picked his own squad to help parade the long ship " Breckon" through the streets of Lerwick

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Size: 5280px × 3519px
Location: Lerwick Shetland Islands Great Britain
Photo credit: © Michael knowles / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: boat, breckon, burn, dragon, festival, fire, galley, guizar, heat, helly, jarl, leask, long, longboat, montage, night, parade, roy, squads, torches, tradition, viking