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La Tomatina is a Spanish festival in Buñol, Spain where participants throw tomatoes at each other. It is said to be the biggest food fight in the world. [1] [2] From the festival's origin as a food fight between friends in the 1940s, it has become a famous tourist attraction.
BUÑOL, Spain (AP) — Some 15,000 people, including many tourists, pasted each other with tomatoes Wednesday as Spain’s annual “Tomatina” street battle took place in the eastern town of Buñol.
STORY: Tourists and locals cheered as the trucks loaded with 130,000 tons of ripe tomatoes drove through central Bunol, 40 kilometers (24,8 miles) off coastal destination Valencia, splattering the ...
It is the largest food fight in Italy and surrounding countries. [1] History. Stockpile of "ammunition" for the battle. ... La Tomatina – a tomato fight in Spain;
The town of Buñol, Spain, annually celebrates La Tomatina, a festival centered on an enormous tomato fight. On 30 August 2007, 40,000 Spaniards gathered to throw 115,000 kg (254,000 lb) of tomatoes at each other in the festival. [120] Tomatoes thrown from a truck during the Spanish Tomatina festival
The tomato-throwing festival takes place in the village of Buñol, near Valencia in Spain, on the last Wednesday of August each year, and this year the festival is celebrating it’s 76th anniversary.
Website. Official website. Buñol is a town and municipality in the province of Valencia, Spain. The municipality has an area of some 112 km 2, and is situated approximately 38 km west of the provincial and autonomous community capital city, Valencia. It lies along the Buñol River and is surrounded by the mountain ranges La Sierra de Las ...
Summary. Description La Tomatina (25.08.2010) - Spain, Buñol 21.jpg. La Tomatina is a food fight festival held on the last Wednesday of August each year in the town of Buñol in the Valencia region of Spain. Tens of metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes are thrown in the streets in exactly one hour. Approximately 20,000–50,000 tourists come to ...