Shields and Artwork from the Up Helly Aa Proclamation

Title

Shields and Artwork from the Up Helly Aa Proclamation

Subject

Festivals

Description

Each proclamation displayed publicly before the Up Helly Aa festival includes a painting, usually relating to the Viking heritage of Shetland. These are housed in the Up Helly Aa Exhibition.

The Up Helly A' is a festival celebrated on the 24th day after Christmas in Shetland. The celebrations involve a parade of 1000 guizers led by a Jarl, and culminates in the burning of a galley (an elaborate replica of a Viking ship). The Up Helly A exhibition is open year round, and features the Viking-themed costumes used in the history of the festival, as well as a galley, the public proclamations published before the festival each year, and paintings of the festivities. More information at http://www.uphellyaa.org/

Creator

Up Helly Aa

Source

Up Helly Aa Exhibition

Publisher

The World-Tree Project

Date

2016

Contributor

Tom Birkett

Rights

Image Public Domain

Relation

http://www.uphellyaa.org/

Format

jpg

Type

Still Image

Identifier

http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/671

Coverage

Scotland
Shetland
Modern

Files

DSC01377.JPG

Geolocation

Social Bookmarking

Comments

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Item Relations

This Item dcterms:relation Item: Up Helly Aa Galley Shed and Exhibition
This Item dcterms:relation Item: Sign for Up Helly Aa Exhibition, Lerwick, Shetland
This Item dcterms:relation Item: The Up Helly Aa Proclamation, 2016
This Item dcterms:relation Item: Replica Galley from the Up Helly Aa Exhibition
This Item dcterms:relation Item: Jarls' Costumes from the 2015 and 2016 Up Helly Aa Festival
This Item dcterms:relation Item: Jarl's suit, including helmet and shield, worn in the Up Helly A Festival
This Item dcterms:relation Item: Replica Shields from the Up Helly Aa Festival
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