Tomatina 2014

Tomatina 2014
 

Overripe tomatoes were hurled in a massive red food fight today in the town of Bunol, Spain. The La Tomatina festival -- held each year on the last Wednesday of August -- evolved from a street fight in the 1940s when a group of young men who wanted to participate in the "gigantes y cabezudos" parade used tomatoes from a vegetable stand as weapons. An estimated 22,000 people showed up this year for the food fight. --Lloyd Young

Tomato-throwing Festival

Five truckloads of tomatoes were quickly turned into puree in the Tomatina tomato-throwing festival in the town of Bunoi in Spain. Tens of thousands of people took part as plum tomatoes covered walls and bodies to the enjoyment of all concerned.

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