Members of the Jarl Squad dressed in Viking costumes in Lerwick, on the Shetland Isles, off the north-east coast of Scotland, during the Up Helly Aa Viking festival on Tuesday Jan. 31, 2012. Hundreds of costumed guizers carrying torches took to the streets of a Scottish island during the annual Up Helly Aa festival. Originating in the 1880s, the tradition which celebrates Shetland's Norse heritage, sees around 900 guizers drag a Viking galley through the streets of Lerwick, led by a horde of 'Vikings'. The festival, that attracts thousands of revelers each year , culminates in the burning of the Viking galley. (AP Photo / Danny Lawson/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE
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