I’m currently reading Ann Cleeves’ Raven Black and I have come across Up Helly Aa. You can find more information in Wikipedia HERE. Interesting enough there is at least one place that I know in Spain that celebrates a Viking Festival. This festival takes place in August. You can find more information about Catoira Viking Festival HERE, HERE and HERE, in Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.
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>Vikings are everywhere – just like those supermarket trolleys! Up Helly Aa, Samhain etc are also aspects of Cleeves´ books that fascinate me.
>Thanks Dorte. In some Galician places they do celebrate Samaín or Samhain as well. But this is a Celtic tradition I presume.
>José Ignacio – Thanks for sharing this. I have to confess I didn't know they celebrated Celtic traditions in Galicia. Not surprising, though, considering the traveling the Vikings did, and the location of Galicia. Interesting….
>Never suspected Vikings even got to Spain Jose Ignacio.
>He tenido oportunidad de estar en esta fiesta tradicional gallega, es realmente un mundo diferente y lo hacen que auténtico fervor. Un saludo.