Locals dressed in costumes throw burning torches as they surround a replica Viking galley in Lerwick during the Up Helly Aa Festival on Shetland, Scotland. The festival, introduced by men returning from the Napoleonic Wars of the early 19th century, involves participants dragging a replica Viking galley through Lerwick to a designated point where it is ceremonially burned.
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