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n - fire festival held in Lerwick on the last Tuesday of January. It has its traditional roots in Scandinavian and Celtic fire festivals with modern accretions such as the burning of a Viking model ship, guizers and tableaux. (The Shetland Times insists on Up-Helly-A').