The city that hosts the annual Hogmanay torchlight procession known for thousands of participants is Edinburgh.
Edinburgh's Torchlight Procession is a major opening event of the city's Hogmanay celebrations. Participants carry flaming torches through the capital, creating a moving stream of light that often ends near Holyrood Park or another designated gathering area, depending on the year's arrangements.
The procession draws on northern European fire-festival imagery and links the old year with the new. Modern organizers have used the event to support charitable causes, and the route and access arrangements have changed over time. It is a public spectacle rather than a private household rite.
The event should not be confused with Scotland's Stonehaven Fireballs ceremony, another winter fire tradition held in a different town. Nor is the procession the same as Edinburgh's street party, which forms a separate part of the wider Hogmanay program.