UP-HELLY-AA


Meaning of UP-HELLY-AA in English

a festival held every January in Lerwick , in the Shetland Islands , to mark the islands’ historical links with the Vikings . In the main ceremony a model of a Viking long ship (= a type of long narrow warship) is burned in the middle of the town.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.