This is the press release for Hogmanay.net - which has moved to Drupal from being a static site. Drupal community don't need to create an account :-)
Happy New Year!
PRESS RELEASE: Man? Woman? Polisman? Or Hogman? Who will you kiss this Hogmanay?
The clock’s counting down to the year 2006 and at Hogmanay.net revellers are revving up for the New Year's celebrations.
Hogmanay.net, the Home of Hogmanay, has information about Hogmanay celebrations throughout Scotland, from the torchlight procession that opens the three day Edinburgh Hogmanay festivities on 29th December, through to the traditional Shetland Up Helly Aa on 31st January.
The site, run by Hogman (half hog, half man) and friends from around Scotland, since September 1998, celebrates this ancient annual festival with photos, multimedia, special features and video clips.
Events throughout Scotland
Although Hogmanay has more recently become synonymous with the 100,000 strong street parties in Edinburgh and Glasgow, the ancient festival of Hogmanay dates back to pagan times when folk burned fires in the depth of winter to ward off evil spirits. Hogmanay rituals like the Burning of the Clavie, the Comrie Flambeaux, the fireball swingers of Stonehaven, the Up Helly Aa and even the more recent Biggar bonfire have changed little in recent years.
Hogmanay.net also carries webcam feeds following the Winter Solstice event in the neolithic chambered cairn of Maeshowe in Orkney. Watch crazed Edinburgh and Lothians revellers throwing themselves into the icey Firth of Forth in the Loony Dook video clip and get into the spirit of the festival with the popular six minute Millennium Hogmanay video mix.