Shetland's Viking Fire Festival

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 locals 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.