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Up Helly Aa, festival which takes place in Lerwick in January every year. Scotland

Full title: Up Helly Aa, festival which takes place in Lerwick in January every year. It is a tradition festival involving a series of marches and visitations, culminating in a torch-lit procession and the burning of a galley. Here the 'Guizer Jari' visits an inmate of the local hospital.

Up Helly Aa, festival which takes place in Lerwick in January every year. Scotland
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NMW A 57161

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h(cm) image size:28.8
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w(cm) image size:43.1
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h(cm) paper size:43.2
w(cm) paper size:55.8

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Photograph Works on paper Fine Art CADP content Tradition Theatrical costume and fancy dress Hospital Nurse Active in the 21st Century
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