The Allendale Tar Barrel Festival Northumberland
Whisky barrels filled with burning tar are balanced on the heads of barrel carriers called “Guisers” and paraded around the town.
The Stonehaven Fireball Festival
nr. Aberdeen
A parade of sixty kilt clad, marchers accompanied by pipes and drums, whirling 16 pound balls of fire on wire ropes around their heads.
Flambeaux Procession
At
midnight, eight flambeaux or fiery torches begin their procession around
the village before being ceremoniously thrown in the River Earn.
As
the 'Bells' approach and the Old Year ends, the picturesque village of
Comrie, at the heart of Scotland, hundreds of people gather in Melville
Square to take part in one of the country's oldest festivals. As far back as anyone can remember the village has been home to the Flambeaux Procession, every Hogmanay a, fiery spectacular accompanied by music, fancy dress parades and general all round merry-making.
