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Scotland is famous for its dances and delicious wines. But what people have to admire most is the culture of the people here. Typically, the mighty Viking empire originated in ancient times. The Viking culture has left a huge influence on Northern Europe. And today, Scots celebrate this culture through the Up Helly Aa festival.

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Up Helly Aa originated in the 1870s when a group of local youths wanted to celebrate Christmas in the Shetland Islands with a new idea. The first torch relay event on Up Helly Aa day started in 1881. From 1956, small volunteers were also allowed to participate in the festival, called Vi-kids.

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The characters playing the role of Viking soldiers divided into several teams known collectively as the Jarl Squad

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Up Helly Aa is a traditional mid-winter bonfire, commemorating the time when the ancestors of the Norse Vikings dominated the Shetland Islands (now part of Scotland).
The characters playing the role of Viking soldiers split into several teams known collectively as the Jarl Squad. Each team is led by a leader called Guizer Jarl.
Guizer Jarl must have participated in Up Helly Aa for at least 15 years or more, and meet all the conditions to meet the criteria to be elected as the leader.
Jarl Squad teams spend the day marching around Lerwick, the capital of the province of Shetland. Finally, they headed for the riverbank and set fire to a warship with about 1,000 torches. When the train burned down, they returned to the downtown area and drank beer until the next morning.
This traditional event is filled with a series of monumental activities such as parades, singing, dancing, torch relay, and parties. These Viking groups, called Jarl, are led by a Guizer at the top. They spent the day marching through Lerwick. The final destination is the riverbank to burn the Viking ship together.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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When the battleship burned down, everyone returned to the downtown to party until the next morning

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Each team is led by a leader called Guizer Jarl

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The soldiers burned the boat with 1,000 torches

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The ship is 9.2 meters long, simulating the previous Viking boat style, made by volunteers very meticulously. To make the boat-burning event more impressive, the street lights in the city were turned off very early. Once the boat was set on fire, the whole city seemed to glow in flames. After the fire went out, the guizers sang the traditional song "The Norseman's Home" before kicking off the grand night party.

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Jarl Squad teams spend the day marching around Lerwick, the provincial capital of Shetland

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Since 1956, young volunteers are also allowed to participate in the festival, called Vi-kids

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It is a traditional bonfire festival in the middle of winter. Held annually on the Shetland Islands of Scotland. This festival celebrates the Viking culture. A powerful culture that has existed for a long time. And jute is also a typical European culture.
The Up Helly Aa festival is held to celebrate the end of the Yule season (Yule takes place in the middle of winter, celebrated by Norse, Teuton, and Celtic people as a cult festival, accompanied by Yule cakes and maple syrup. gift-giving), the locals named the festival “Up Helly Aa” in the late 19th century in the Norse language: “Up” means “end”, “Helly” means “holiday” and "Aa" is equivalent to "all".

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On the last Tuesday of January every year to mark the end of the Christmas season, Europeans once again bask in the dazzling, warm, and wonderful light of the region's largest-scale fire festival held in Lerwick - the capital of the Shetland Islands, Scotland to commemorate the mysterious Viking culture.