The Up Helly Aa fire festival, deemed as Europe's biggest fire festival, was held on Tuesday in Lerwick, Shetland of Scotland, to pay tribute to their Viking ancestors. /VCG Photo

Thousands of people from across the globe were attracted to the event, where people dressed in Vikings' costumes marched through streets to restore the Vikings history. /VCG Photo

A torchlight parade was held, with a dramatic burning of a Viking longship "galley" marking its culmination. /VCG Photo

The festival is held on the last Tuesday in January derived from Yuletide and New Year celebrations. People in Lerwick had changed it and added new ideas to the celebrations and eventually created the current world-famous festival. /VCG Photo

Around 1870, they introduced the torchlight procession and in the late 1880s, the Viking longship appeared. Shetland was ruled by the Vikings for nearly 500 years before it became part of Scotland in 1468. /VCG Photo