Are you looking for a elegant gown design for a celebration in the deepest of winter? We believe we've found one of the greatest with the party of Up Helly Aa on the basis of the Norse tradition of burning a galley and sending it to Valhalla. Every January the town of Lerwick in the Shetland Islands moves higher than a little mad with the using of their Viking galley. The rebellious present of the organising committee is that "There will be no postponement for weather" ;.

Nothing has however ended the Up Helly Aa guizers from making a superb spectacle which although only sustained one day and one night carries testament to the grit and determination in Viking axe the face of anything that the elements of mid-winter may bring. Up Helly Aa is an excellent spectacle and a party of Shetland history. 

Dubbed the upper Mardi Gras the parties are led by the 'Guizer Jarl' who adopts a figure from the Norse Sagas. Wearing an outfit that will took 2 yrs in the creating and using a raven-winged helmet and armed with traditional axe and shield he'll embark on a 24 time race that may see him ranking at the helm of his condemned galley as he watches around 800 to 1,000 covered guys bearing raging torches sort a blazing procession snaking their way towards the using site.

Pulling the Galley on its way to the using site and it's being delivered to Valhalla is at the very top squad of Vikings. Referred to as Jarl's Squad that group of warriors stays the exact same for each festival having its rates swollen for the procession by invitees. To be invited to join Jarl's Squad is a great opportunity and a once in a lifetime event. It takes Jarl's Squad about half an hour to move the galley through the a large number of spectators to the burning site.