CLIP 137
Festival in the Shetland Islands
Key Info
- Title: Festival in the Shetland Islands
- Duration: 00:53
- Description: Shetland Islanders celebrate the festival of Up-Helly-Aa each year to commemorate their Viking ancestors. Islanders process through the streets at night, carrying flaming torches and a life-sized model of a Viking longship. At the end of the procession the islanders hurl their torches onto the ship to burn it as a tribute to their ancestors.
- Subject: History Topic: Vikings
- Keywords: Shetland Islands, festival, longship, torches, model, ancestors, Vikings, procession
Ideas for use in class
- Use this clip to consider where the Vikings settled and as evidence they settled in Britain. The clip could also be used to explore the origin of festivals.
Background details
- Clip language : English
- Aspect ratio : 4x3
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