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Up Helly Aa, festival which takes place in Lerwick in January every year. Scotland

HURN, David

Up Helly Aa, festival which takes place in Lerwick in January every year. Scotland
Image: © David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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Full title: Up Helly Aa, festival which takes place in Lerwick in January every year. It is a tradition festival involving a series of marches and visitations, culminating in a torch-lit procession and the burning of a galley. Here the 'Guizer Jari' visits an inmate of the local hospital.

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Details

Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 57161

Creation/Production

HURN, David
Date: 2016

Acquisition

Gift, 25/4/2017
Donated by David Hurn, 2017

Techniques

Digital Pigment Print

Material

Archival paper

Location

In store
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  • Communities And Society
  • Fashion And Costume
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  • Hospital
  • Hurn David
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