Old Photographs Up Helly Aa Guizers Shetland Scotland

Old photograph of Guizers at Up Helly Aa on the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Up Helly Aa refers to any of a variety of fire festivals held in Shetland, annually in the middle of winter to mark the end of the yule season. The festival involves a procession of up to a thousand guizers in Lerwick and considerably lower numbers in the more rural festivals, formed into squads who march through the town or village in a variety of themed costumes. History Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.

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