Sabbat Vikings

Photos from the festival Up Helly Aa - most unusual festival in Scotland, an annual celebration of the glory of the Vikings fire.

January 28 in Lerwick, Scotland began celebrating the traditional festival called Up Helly Aa, established in memory of the ancient settlers of the Shetland Islands - Vikings. More than a thousand people in suits Scandinavian sailors marched through the streets of the city. Mystical spectacle accompanied by shrill bugle. The apotheosis of the night was the burning of copies of Drakkar - Viking warship, the construction of which went a whole year.
































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