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In Pictures / First galley of the year goes up in flames at Port Arthur

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CROWDS flocked to the streets of Scalloway on Friday evening to watch the fire festival’s torchlit procession.

It culminated in the galley Longariva heading out to the water at Port Arthur in flames.

All photos below by Malcolm Younger/Millgaet Media:

A group of people holding torches at night.
A group of people standing around a fire.
A group of women holding fire torches.
A group of men holding torches.
A group of people on a boat.
A group of people walking with torches.
A group of people with torches walking down a street.
A viking boat with fire on it.
A boat on fire at night.
A man holding an axe in front of a fire.

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