Saturday 12 August 2023

Hip Hip Hooray! It's the Burryman's Day!

Yesterday was my birthday. But it was also the Burryman's Day. 

The Burryman or Burry Man is the central figure in an annual ceremony or ritual, the Burryman's Parade, that takes place in the town of South Queensferry, near Edinburgh on the south bank of the Firth of Forth in Scotland, on the second Friday of August. 

I wrote about it in detail a year ago (click here to read it) but here's a video of this year's festrival:
   


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