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Bonfires, Fireworks and Fire Festivals in the UK

Fire Festivals in the UK - The British, in common with other Northern Europeans, love their fire festivals. Throughout the year, but especially in autumn and winter, any excuse is good enough to light up the sky with torches, bonfires, fireworks and amazing fire festival events.
UK Fire Festivals - Pictures of Winter Fire Celebrations Around the UK
Pictures of UK Fire Festivals. Bonfires, Fireworks and Unusual Fire Festivals Around the UK
UK Fire Festivals - The Allendate Tar Barrel - A Ritual of Flames and Guts
UK Fire Festivals - The Allendale Tar Barrel is a bizarre UK midwinter fire festivals, in celebration of the new year. During this UK Fire Festival, strong and fearless villages carry flaming tar barrels on their heads.
Guy Fawkes: The Early Years - Landmarks in York, Guy Fawkes Home
Guy Fawkes was born and educated in York. His school and the church where he was baptized are still local landmarks that can be visited.
Guy Fawkes or Bonfire Night
Bonfire Night in the UK, also called Guy Fawkes, is a combination of commemoration of a foiled plot against king and parliament and an ancient Celtic fire festival. Throughout the UK, bonfires are lit, fireworks set off and Guy Fawkes burned in effigy.
Scotland's Fire Festivals - The Comrie Flambeaux Procession
Scotland Fire Festival - The Comrie Flambeaux Procession is a fiery tradition that goes back hundreds of years.
Scotland's Fire Festivals - The Burning of the Clavie
The Burning of the Clavie is a strange New Year's Fire Festival and bizarre ritual in Northeast Scotland.
Scotland Fire Festival - Stonehaven Fireball Festival
Scottish Fire Festivals - The Stonehaven Fireball Festival is an exciting and terrifying annual event for New Year's Eve in Scotland.
The Best Winter Fire Festivals in Scotland
Combine the primitive impulse to light up the long nights, the ancient idea that fire purifies and chases away evil spirits and the natural Scottish impulse to party to the wee small hours and you end up with some of the best mid-winter fire celebrations in Europe.
Scotland's Fire Festivals - The Biggar Bonfire
Scotland, Fire Festivals -The Biggar Bonfire is a New Year's Eve Tradition in South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Shetland’s Viking Fire Festival - Up Helly Aa
Shetland’s Viking Fire Festival,Up Helly Aa is a blazing spectacle and a 24 hour party at the end of January, in Lerwick, the main port of Shetland.
The Best Hogmanay Celebrations in Scotland
Read about where to find the best Hogmanay Celebrations in Scotland
Edinburgh Hogmanay
Edinburgh Hogmanay is four days of celebration for the New Year. Find out what's happening in Edinburgh for Hogmanay and how you can take part.
Hogmanay In Scotland, Where New Year's is Four Days Long
Hogmanay In Scotland - New Year's Celebrations in Scotland last for days and include Ancient Traditions, Fire festivals and lots of partying. Find out how Scotland Welcomes the New Year at Hogmanay.
Brighton's Fire Festival - The Burning of the Clocks
The Burning of the Clocks is Brighton's Winter Solstice Fire Festival
The Beltane Fire Festival - A Celtic Celebration of Summer
The Beltane Fire Festival, Edinburgh, is a modern revival of an ancient Celtic celebration of the start of summer. Join thousands on Calton Hill in Edinburgh for a costumed parade, pageantry and pagan ritual.
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