Allendale Tar Bar'l Procession on New Years Eve 2013


Allendale, UK. 1st January 2014. Every New Year's Eve men in the Northumberland village of Allendale known as Guisers don fancy dress and carry half barrels of burning tar in a procession round the village. The procession ends at the village square just before midnight at which point they throw the burning barrels onto a bonfire to welcome in the new year.


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Location: Allendale, Northumberland, UK
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