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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 .
The Fallas ( Valencian: Falles; Spanish: Fallas) is a traditional celebration held annually in commemoration of Saint Joseph in the city of Valencia, Spain. The five main days celebrated are from 15 to 19 March, [ 1] while the Mascletà, a pyrotechnic spectacle of firecracker detonation, takes place every day from 1 to 19 March. [ 2]
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
La Tomatina, Spain La Tomatina will take place on 28 August in 2024 (Getty Images) One of Spain’s oddest festivals takes place in the town of Bunol, near Valencia, every August.
The festival of San Fermín is a week-long, traditional celebration held annually in the city of Pamplona, Navarre, Spain. The celebrations start at noon on 6 July and continue until midnight on 14 July. A firework ( chupinazo) starts the celebrations and the popular song Pobre de mí [ es] is sung at the end.
Baby jumping. Baby jumping (Spanish: El Colacho) is a traditional Spanish festival dating back to 1620. It takes place annually to celebrate the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi in Castrillo de Murcia, a village in the municipality of Sasamón in the province of Burgos. [ 1][ 2]
The Haro Wine Festival is a summer festival in the town of Haro, La Rioja, Spain. It features a Batalla de Vino (Battle of Wine) and youth bullfights. It is considered a “Festival of International Tourist Interest” and, therefore, is very tourist friendly. [1] The festival takes place on June 29, the day of the patron saint San Pedro.
Here they battle against one of the approximately forty Aranceri Carri da Getto – orange-throwers in carts. The Carnival of Ivrea is a festival in the Northern Italian city of Ivrea, which includes a tradition of throwing of oranges between organized groups, known as the "Battle of the Oranges". It is the largest food fight in Italy and ...