Hogmanay Events - New Year in Edinburgh 2007 into 2008

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The torchlight procession 29 December 2007

Torches for the procession with the money going to charity

The Clansmen pulling the longboat in to place for the procession

The Clansmen and the Vikings getting ready for the start of the Torchlight procession

The pipe band getting ready for the procession

Lerwick Up Helly Aa Vikings lighting up the torches

Vikings lighting the torches for the procession

Lerwick Up Helly Aa Vikings waiting for the start of the procession

Lerwick Up Helly Aa Vikings

Waiting for the procession to start

The procession moving on to the Royal Mile

The procession moving on the Royal Mile

The Clansmen with the longboat

The Torchlight Procession moving off from the Royal Mile

The Torchlight Procession moving off from the Royal Mile

The Torchlight Procession on route to the bonfire

Lerwick Up Helly Aa Vikings on the procession

The brass band on the procession

The brass band going along Princes Street

A pipe band entertaining at the East end of Princes Street

The Edinburgh Samba Band entertaining on route

Pulling the longboat onto the bonfire

Vikings lighting longboat on Calton Hill

The longboat well ablaze on the Calton Hill

Vikings on Calton Hill

The longboat burning on the Calton Hill

A Lerwick Up Helly Aa Viking

Lerwick Up Helly Aa Vikings giving a shout as the longboat burns

Vikings giving a shout as the longboat burns

Watching the longboat burn

The longboat burning on the Calton Hill

The Vikings leaving the longboat

A Viking blowing the horn

Revellers on the Calton Hill

Burning of the Stag Theme on the Calton Hill

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