Up Helly Aa from Upholiday, the lowland Scots word for Twelfth Day, and was brought by them to the Shetland Islands in the 19th century. There is a main guizer who is dubbed the "Jarl". There is a committee which a person must be part of for 15 years before one can be a jarl, and only one person is elected to this committee each year. The procession culminates in the torches being thrown into a replica Viking longship or galley. The event happens all over Shetland and is currently celebrated at ten locations – Scalloway, Lerwick, Nesting and Girlsta, Uyeasound, Northmavine, Bressay,
Shetland Library Writer competition. Mobile and housebound services are provided by two vans, which travel around Shetland and the islands of Yell, Unst, Fetlar, Whalsay and Out Skerries. Shetland Library enjoys a good-natured and well-publicised Twitter feud with Orkney Library. Shetland ForWirds Shetland Library Twitter account Shetland Library Facebook page Shetland Library Shetland Library is a Scottish public library service, with its main branch based in Lerwick and membership open to both residents of and visitors to the island. The library has a range of digital, online and physical material and collections that support the literary traditions of the northern isles. Aside