Up-Helly-Aa
/ˌʌp ˌheli ˈɑː/
/ˌʌp ˌheli ˈɑː/
- a festival held every January in Lerwick, in the Shetland Islands, to mark the islands' historical links with the Vikings. In the main ceremony a model of a Viking longship (= a type of long narrow warship) is burned in the middle of the town.