Up-Helly-Aa: Torchlight Procession

Description

Torchlight procession at the Up-Helly-Aa festival in Lerwick (Shetland Islands). The procession replaced the custom of pulling blazing tar barrels through the streets. Originally held in green slide cabinet, reference B136.

Metadata

Identifier f92y2s9k
IRN 413743
Class Mark LAVC/PHO/S629
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/f92y2s9k
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Slides
Creator(s) Nott, Dorothy A
Date January 1968
Size and Medium 1 slide in plastic casing.

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