What the Helly Aa? (Your guide to Shetland's Up Helly Aa fire festivals)

Up Helly Aa is a superb spectacle, a celebration of Shetland history, and a triumphant demonstration of islanders' skills, spirit and community. It takes several thousand people 364 days to organise. Much of the preparation is in strictest secrecy. The biggest secret of all is what the head of the festival, the 'Guizer Jarl', will wear and which character from the Norse Sagas he'll represent in each of the 12 Shetland fire festivals held between January and March each year.

What the Helly Aa guides you through the Up Helly Aa festivals held throughout Shetland, their history, what a Guizer Jarl is, what Up Helly Aa means to the communities here in Shetland and how everyone pulls together and volunteers their time and skills, year on year, to make it happen.

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