Viking ship-burning festival

[tomlarkin]

My kinda party! Some amazing pictures here (http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/01/fiery_european_festivals.html)...


The "Jarl Squad" all dressed in Viking costume gather around a Viking ship as they take part in the traditional Up Helly Aa festival on Tuesday Jan. 26, 2010
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/eurofire_01_27/e10_21900243.jpg

[skuthorp]

Hmm, any signs of slaughter, looting and rapine there? Hardly kosher if there isn't. Now that's a point, a kosher Viking?

[Peerie Maa]

We do tend to go in for fiery festivals, This ones in Devon
http://www.festivalpig.com/images/tarrrr.jpg
and this is another Scottish one
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/BurningOfTheClavie2%28AnneBurgess%29Jan1984.jpg/413px-BurningOfTheClavie2%28AnneBurgess%29Jan1984.jpg

Did you look at the other festival in Tomlarkin's link? Celebrate the patron saint of animals by terrifying horses:rolleyes:

[Lewisboats]

That (topic) pic ought to go in the Photo contest thread

[Tom Robb]

If the British Empire should last a thousand years, people will say that this was their finest hour.