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Encyclopedia > La Tomatina

La Tomatina is a festival held on the last Wednesday of August at Buñol, Valencia, Spain.


Tens of thousands of participants come from all over the world, fight in a harmless battle where more than one hundred metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes are thrown in the streets.


The tomato fight has been a strong tradition in Buñol since the 1940s simply for fun - there is no known political or religious significance.


External link

  • Official web site of the tomatina (http://www.lahoya.net/tomatina/)

  Results from FactBites:
 
CVC. Lecturas paso a paso. La batalla del tomate. Texto (925 words)
La tomatina es una de las fiestas más insólitas y divertidas de España.
La gente no acude vestida con sus mejores galas sino con la ropa más vieja que tiene, porque después de la batalla hay que tirarla a la basura.
La plaza se tiñe de rojo, las calles se cubren de salsa de tomate, suficiente como para cubrir al menos un millón de pizzas.
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