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Gathered, Here. The latest exhibition on display at the Shetland Museum and Archives @shetlandmuseum This exhibition was developed by @zyacommunity through Museums Galleries Scotland’s Delivering Change: Community Catalysts programme. The artists use the space to explore how personal and collective histories shape our connection to place. By viewing Shetland’s history and stories through the lenses of their own lived experiences and heritage, the artists combine the two to explore how belonging truly can be found amongst different cultures. The exhibition is open from now until the 19th December 2026. Nip along the waterfront and check it out!
Just a taste of what's on this month. ⁠ ⁠ For more events on this month, you can visit www.whatsonshetland.com via the link in our bio!
Happy Haloween! To celebrate the occasion, we're reposting the making of neepie lanterns in Shetland.⁠ ⁠ Long before pumpkins became popular, Scots would hollow out large neeps and carve faces into them to create lanterns. The practice is tied to the Celtic festival of Samhain, which marked the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter.⁠ ⁠ During Samhain, it was believed that the boundary between the living and the dead was at its thinnest, allowing spirits to roam the Earth. To ward off these wandering spirits, people carved frightening faces into neeps and placed them in windows or doorways with a candle inside to act as lanterns. These “neepie lanterns” were meant to either scare away harmful spirits or represent the souls of the dead.⁠ ⁠ When Irish and Scottish immigrants brought the tradition to North America, they found pumpkins easier to carve, and so pumpkins gradually replaced neeps.⁠ ⁠ Have you been carving neeps or pumpkins this weekend?⁠ ⁠ #halloweentraditions #scottishhistory #scottishhalloween #Shetland
Laurie Goodlad shares some of the folklore and traditions associated with Halloween and the changing seasons in Shetland times past.⁠ ⁠ 🔗For the full blog, follow the link in our bio!⁠ ⁠ #halloweentraditions #scottishhistory #scottishhalloween #Shetland
Short Rib Stew recipe from Taste of Shetland!⁠ ⁠ Ingredients:⁠ 500g Uradale Short Rib⁠ Large Onion (chopped)⁠ 2 Cloves Garlic⁠ 1 tbsp Harissa Paste⁠ 2 Peppers (chopped)⁠ 5 Sundried Tomatoes (chopped)⁠ Tin of Chickpeas⁠ Tin Chopped Tomatoes⁠ 2 Beef Stock cubes⁠ ⁠ Method:⁠ Brown short rib in frying pan - set aside⁠ Fry onion and garlic in saucepan in a little oil⁠ Add harissa paste and a little water and fry until onion is soft⁠ Add 2 beef stock cubes⁠ Add peppers, sundried tomatoes, chickpeas, tinned tomatoes⁠ Add short ribs and simmer for 2 hours⁠ Remove ribs from pot and strip off meat - return meat to pot⁠ Serve with crusty bread or couscous⁠ ⁠ Thank you Becky at Taste of Shetland for sharing this recipe with us!⁠ ⁠ Save for later😋🍴
Today is the day! You can now watch all episodes of Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing on BBC IPlayer in the UK! ⁠ ⁠ Episode three was filmed here in The Shetland Isles and we're so excited to see how Bob and Paul got on with their search for trout and pollock. You can watch the episode via our link in bio.⁠ ⁠ 📸 - Image credit to BBC/Owl Power/Dave Donaldson