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Up Helly Aa Fire Festival _ Lerwick,_Scotland

Up Helly Aa Fire Festival  _  Lerwick _  Scotland Up Helly Aa Up Helly Aa ( /ˈʌpˌhɛliə/ up-hel-ee-ə ; literally " Up Holy [ Day ] All ") refers to any of a variety of fire festivals held annually in Shetland , in Scotland , in the middle of winter to mark the end of the yule season . The festival involves a procession of up to a thousand guizers in Lerwick and considerably lower numbers in the more rural festivals , formed into squads who march through the town or village in a variety of themed costumes . Origins The current Lerwick celebration grew out of the older yule tradition of tar barrelling which took place at Christmas and New Year as well as Up Helly Aa . Squads of young men would drag barrels of burning tar through town on sledges , making mischief . After the abolition of tar barrelling around 1874 – 1880 , permission was eventually obtained for torch processions . The first yule torch procession took place in 1876. ...

Ubidiah Masjid-Malaysia

Ubidiah Masjid in Kuala Kangsar - Malaysia The Ubudiah Mosque is Perak's royal mosque, and is located in the royal town of Kuala Kangsar, Perak Address : 33000 Kuala Kangsar, Perak, Malaysia Opened : 1917 Architectural style : Islamic architecture Number of minarets : 4   Copyright All Picture & Article / Data From Wikipedia and Google .