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MediaFaro Magazine<p>Torching tradition as first woman raises the axe for Shetland's Vikings.</p><p>The people of Shetland, a group of islands north of Scotland, are welcoming the arrival of spring in dramatic style – by burning viking longships.</p><p>Up Helly Aa was first celebrated in 1881 and is unique to these islands. But it's a tradition that is evolving, with a woman at the heart of it for the first time.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250330-torching-tradition-as-first-woman-raises-the-axe-for-shetlands-vikings?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250330</span><span class="invisible">-torching-tradition-as-first-woman-raises-the-axe-for-shetlands-vikings?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Shetland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shetland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Shetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shetlands</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vikings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/UpHellyAa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UpHellyAa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Tradition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tradition</span></a></p>
Tom Lorenz<p>This place needs Samuel L. Jackson to narrate any and all tourism ads and publicity videos. <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Shetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shetlands</span></a></p>
JeniParsons<p>Ducklings hatched yesterday and today <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/shetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shetlands</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/runners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>runners</span></a></p>
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