A Lerwick la festa Up Helly Aa

(AP Photo / Danny Lawson, PA)

Members of the “Jarl Squad” dressed in Viking costume during the traditional Up Helly Aa festival, in Lerwick on the Shetland Isles, Scotland, Tuesday Jan. 26, 2010. Up Helly Aa is always held on the last Tuesday in January every year, and involves a series of marches and gatherings, culminating in the torch lit procession and setting fire to a specially built Viking Galley ship.