Apple QuickTime movie | 1996-11-08 | 13.5 MB | 240x180 | 15fps | 1 minute, 21 seconds
Transcription: On the morning of Ophelia, the Viking longship was taken out of the building shed and pushed through the streets of Lerwick. It's met by the geyser squads. Geysing means to be in disguise and acting, and it's an honour to take part on Shetland. It wasn't long before all the geysers had assembled to take the longship down to the quayside. The procession of the longship covers the same route each year and follows a very strict timetable. At 7.30 in the evening, Up Hellier night began. It's the night of a thousand tortures, a splendid firelight procession through the town, carrying the longship t ...
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