Up Helly Aa 2010 - Slantigirt Flabley

Apologies for the unrelated photography blog entry, but I thought I'd post this very amusing clip of the Up Helly Aa Squad No.19 - Slantigirt Flabley. For those that are not familiar with Up Helly Aa then here is a summary below:

Up Helly Aa is a tradition that originated in the 1880s. Since then the festival has been an annual occurrence in the Shetland calendar...Up Helly Aa is many things to many people, throughout the day there are experiences a plenty to be had by all from the celebration of our history, the sight of the Guizer Jarl, his Jarl Squad marching through the town followed by his galley to the evening party atmosphere in the halls.

Source: http://www.uphellyaa.org/about-up-helly-aa

For some first class photography from this year’s Up Helly Aa then check out Carl De Souza’s photos here and David Gifford’s photos here.

-Ben