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09-01-2016, 01:51 AM
Photos: Tons of tomatoes fly through the air at the world's biggest food fight
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The streets of Bu**l are splattered with red after the world's largest food fight.*
The annual Tomatina fiesta took place on Wednesday in a village outside of Valencia, Spain, where trucks dumped 160 tons of tomatoes for around 20,000 participants, according to the Associated Press.*
SEE ALSO: Comfort and chaos in a tomato sandwich (http://mashable.com/2016/07/28/tomato-sandwich/)
There are only a two rules at Tomatina: ** throwing hard objects and phones, cameras and backpacks are to be left behind.*
The festival traces its roots back to 1945, when an actual food fight broke out with fruits and vegetables, including tomatoes.
The food fight has been an organized event every year since, minus a few years in the 1950s when it was banned. (In 1957, people protested by holding a funeral for a tomato (http://latomatina.info/en/la-tomatina/history-of-la-tomatina/).) It is **w a major tourist attraction and the tickets this year sold out quickly.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/tomato-fight/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The streets of Bu**l are splattered with red after the world's largest food fight.*
The annual Tomatina fiesta took place on Wednesday in a village outside of Valencia, Spain, where trucks dumped 160 tons of tomatoes for around 20,000 participants, according to the Associated Press.*
SEE ALSO: Comfort and chaos in a tomato sandwich (http://mashable.com/2016/07/28/tomato-sandwich/)
There are only a two rules at Tomatina: ** throwing hard objects and phones, cameras and backpacks are to be left behind.*
The festival traces its roots back to 1945, when an actual food fight broke out with fruits and vegetables, including tomatoes.
The food fight has been an organized event every year since, minus a few years in the 1950s when it was banned. (In 1957, people protested by holding a funeral for a tomato (http://latomatina.info/en/la-tomatina/history-of-la-tomatina/).) It is **w a major tourist attraction and the tickets this year sold out quickly.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/tomato-fight/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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