Main Page
|
Annuncements · Owerview FAQ · Mercat Cross · Commonty Yett · Writin Scots | Lessons · Help dask · Contact us |
Featurt airticle
Up Helly Aa (/ˌʌp hɛli ˈɑː/ UP-hel-ee-AH; literally "Up Holy [Day] Aa") is a series o twal fire festivals at tak plaess yearly fae January tae Mairch in Shetland, Scotland, tae mark da end o da yule saison. Ivry festival haes a torchlit procession by squads o folk in costume (kent as guizers) dat culminates in da burnin o a Vikin gelley. Da biggest festival held in Lerwick, Shetland's capital, haes a procession wi up tae a thoosand guizers wha march troo da streets o Lerwick on da haedmist Tuesday o January. Da idder rural festivals (kent as da 'country' Up Helly Aas) see peerier quantities o participants wi dir peerier populations.
Da event taks plaess aa ower Shetland and eenoo is celebrated in eelivin locations – Scallowa, Lerwick, Nestin an Girlsta, Uyeasoond, Nortmavine, Bressa, Cullava, Norrik, Waas, da Sooth Mainland an Deltin. Der a head guizer wha is caaed da "Guizer Jarl" (pron. "yarl"). Der a committee dat a body most be pairt o fir 15 year afore dey can be a jarl, an ony ee body is elected tae da committee ivry year. Da procession culminates in da torches bein flung intil a replica Vikin longship or gelley. Efter da procession, da squads veesit local haals (includin sköls, sports centres an hottels), whaar private pairties ir held. At ivry haal, da squads perform dir acts, dat can be a send-up o a popular TV programme or film, a skit on local events or folk, or singin an dancin.
Newsins
|
Did ye ken...
Frae a collection o Wikipedia's airticles:
- ...that the earliest reference tae the white draigon wis in a 9t century text?
- that Ian Rankin (picturt) wis gien a speicial beuk sculptur?
- that Stanley Cursiter designed St Rognvald Chapel in St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwaa?
- ...that Grape-kun wis a penguin that fell in luve wi an anime standee?
Applee'd sciences
Fowk an social studies
- Anthropology (study o fowk)
- Airchaeology (history o ceevilization)
- Geography
- Eddication
- History
- Leid
- Philosophy (abstract thochts)
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Teachin
Naitural sciences an maths
- Algebrae
- Astronomy (starns an space)
- Biology (beasts an plants)
- Chemistry
- Computer science
- Yird science
- Ecology
- Geometry
- Mathematics
- Pheesics
- Stateestics
- Zoology (study o beasts)
Govrenment an law
- Copyricht
- Militar
- Economics (troke an traffeck)
- Govrenment
- Human richts
- Laws
- Militar
- Politics
- Troke
This Wikipaedia is written in Scots. Stairtit in 2005 , it currently conteens 40,489 airticles. Mony ither Wikipaedias are available; some o the lairgest are leetit ablo.
- Lesser-uised leids o the Breetish Isles:
- Ither lesser-uised leids o Europe:
- Weel-kent leids:
Sister projects
Wikipedie is hostit bi the Wikimedia Foondation, a nae-profit organization that hosts a reenge o ither projects an aw:
Commons Free media register |
MediaWiki Wiki saftware development |
Meta-Wiki Wikimedia project coordination |
|||
Wikibooks Free textbeuks an manuals |
Wikidata Free knawledge base |
Wikinews Free-content news |
|||
Wikiquote Posie o quotations |
Wikisource Free-content librar |
Wikispecies Inventar o species |
|||
Wikiversity Free learnin materials an acteevities |
Wikivoyage Free traivel guide |
Wiktionar Dictionar an thesaurus |
|||
Incubater Incubatin wikis |