Up-Helly-Aa
/ˌʌphɛlɪˈɑː
/(also Up-Helly-A')
noun
An annual festival held at Lerwick in the Shetland Islands, celebrated as the revival of a traditional midwinter fire festival.Vikings and Christians are to make their peace at this week's Up-Helly-Aa festival in Shetland when senior members of the Catholic and Episcopal churches attend the event for the first time in its history....
- Up Helly Aa was so much better that I could have imagined, I loved every minute.
Origin
Variant of Scots Uphaliday, denoting Epiphany as the end of the Christmas holiday.