A Shetland isle will celebrate a woman taking on the hallowed role of the Guizer Jarl for the first time. Alice Jamieson, 35, will lead the Cullivoe Up Helly Aa on Yell next month - and will shave ...
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Meet the Vi-queens! Women take part in historic Up Helly Aa Viking festival as hundreds join torchlight procession in ShetlandGuizer Jarl Mr Moar has been involved in the festival since 1990, with his first taste of guizing that year as a fiddlebox carrier - people who carry musical instruments. Three of his nieces are ...
The festival involves a torchlit procession led by a “Guizer Jarl,” or Chief Viking, and a “Jarl Squad,” which lights a replica longship by throwing torches into it. Footage here shows the procession ...
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