What is Up Helly Aa? Resources for Information and Instruction

Maruti Suzuki Jimny26 Dec, 2022Business

Despite having a Viking concept, the event has only been around for a little over a century. However, some of the festival?s customs go back hundreds of years to the time the Vikings controlled the North. The torch-lit procession and the incinerating of the Viking long ship or galley serve as evocative recollections of ancient Norse festivities held to celebrate the Sun?s return after the middle of winter as well as to mark the passing of a great chief.