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Shetlanders are celebrated their Norse heritage:

They don’t believe the Hollywood myth that Vikings had horns on their helmets.
They had WINGS:


Guizer Jarl Neil Moncrieff led the march through Lerwick.
An earlier Guizer Jarl explain this role:

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So we are related or tinkered a little bit with the wing concept as evidenced here in this tiny bit of Polywood long gone glory, what i hope will not harm anybody’s patriotic feelings while watching. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

(21) Sabaton - Winged Hussars (Subtitles) - YouTube

I have been wanting to attend this for years now. Work keeps intruding. Maybe next year.