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They are lead by the Jarl's Squad. This is the most important squad and it is lead by the Guizar Jarl, or chief person of the evening. At 7.30 pm the torches are lit and the long winding snake of guizars bearing their blazing torches start the procession that winds through a pre-set route around the central part of Lerwick. The procession has the Up-Helly-Aa galley, an accurate representation of a Viking galley, at its head. After marching through the town, the procession finally marches into the children's play park adjacent to Kink Harald Street. There they sing several traditional songs before hurling the flaming torches into the galley. After the spectacular fire festival of Up-Helly-Aa you might be forgiven for thinking that it's all over. Not so Up-Helly-Aa is just beginning in earnest, for some twelve or so halls then open their doors and Shetland's biggest party of the year begins. Each squad goes to each hall, performing a short act and dancing for a while for the benefit of the hall audience. The whole glorious evening and night finally stumbles to an end as the grey winter dawn of the new day begins. There are other festivals here in Shetland. Notably the annual Shetland Folk Festival held in April or May, which has attracted world class musicians from all over the world, the Shetland Accordion and Fiddle Festival, The Shetland Blues Festival and the Shetland Guitar festival to name a few. At the opposite end of the year to of Up-Helly-Aa there's the Johnsmas Foy, a mid-summer festival of music and dance. There are also several other festivals and events throughout the islands at different times of the year, such as the highly popular Fetlar Foy, also held at mid-summer.
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