EACH year on January 11, the Clavie King and his creosote-drenched crewman carry a burning barrel through the narrow streets of Burghead in Moray. The Burning of the Clavie is thought to be one of the ...
The Burning of the Clavie is a much-loved local tradition, but calls for modernisation are being given short shrift. On January 11th each year residents of Burghead, a small fishing town on the ...
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People living in Moray have finally celebrated the New Year - 11 days late – with the traditional ‘burning of the Clavie’. Every year the people of Burghead mark the New Year twice ...
Burghead will welcome New Year tonight with the Burning of the Clavie. Tradition dictates that Brochers wait until January 11 to welcome in the New Year with their famous fire festival. The 2010 ...
The New Year has officially begun in Burghead after the village’s spectacular Burning of the Clavie festival. Thousands turned out on to witness the flaming whisky barrel filled with tar paraded ...
EACH year on January 11, the Clavie King and his creosote-drenched crewman carry a burning barrel through the narrow streets of Burghead in Moray.