Today, the last Tuesday of January, is the day that the Shetland Islanders celebrate Up-Helly-Aa, a traditional fire festival associated with their Viking forefathers. Here's an article and photo from Scottish TV's website, and here's the post I wrote on this day last year, where I looked at the origin of the word.
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January 26, 2010
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