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Up Helly Aa (ˌʌp_hɛli_ˈɑː literally "Up Haily [Day] Aa") is a series o twal fire festivals at tak plaess yearly fae January tae Mairch in Shetland, Scotland, tae mark da end o da yule saison. Ivry festival haes a torchlit procession by squads o folk in costume (kent as guizers) dat culminates in da burnin o a Vikin gelley. Da biggest festival held in Lerwick, Shetland's capital, haes a procession wi up tae a thoosand guizers wha march troo da streets o Lerwick on da haedmist Tuesday o January.[1][2] Da idder rural festivals (kent as da 'country' Up Helly Aas)[3] see peerier quantities o participants wi dir peerier populations.
Fae it began[update], weemin an lasses ir been excluded fae takkin pairt as guizers in da Lerwick festival. Dis is become a controversial issue an is da subject o ongoin debaet in Shetland.[4]
- ↑ "Up Helly Aa". Up Helly Aa official website. Up Helly Aa Committee. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
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