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 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 from the main branch, the service also has two community libraries in Baltasound and Yell, seven school libraries and two mobile libraries. The Shetland Library service is provided by the Shetland Islands Council (SIC). Shetland Library was established in 1916, two years before Scottish county libraries were constituted