Hundreds of oldsters salvage taken part in a pre-Hogmanay torchlight procession in Edinburgh.

The crowds created an enormous “Be Collectively” image of two other folks reaching out a hand in friendship in a attach of fireplace artwork in Holyrood Park.

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Revellers were led by 10 pipe and drum bands from across Scotland as they packed the metropolis’s Royal Mile.

The Edinburgh’s Hogmanay attach, backed by VisitScotland, kicked off two nights of Recent Year celebrations in the metropolis.

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