La Tomatina: The World's Largest Tomato Fight

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The World's Largest Tomato Fight

Each year in Bunol, Spain (in the Valencia region) the world's largest tomato fight commences. La Tomatina is the ultimate food fight. It is a festival for which people travel thousands of miles and all for the pleasure of pelting, and being pelted, by tomatoes. What a blast!

It Ain't Pretty 

Photos From La Tomatina

The festivities are supposed to commence when the first person climbs to the top of the two story high, highly greased up wooden pole. However, since this usually takes a while, people just don't wait, and the tomato fight starts early.

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Amazing ! 

This event looks like such a blast! What a spectacular mess!

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. www.itnsource.com Reuters 508310028

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About La Tomatina 

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

The week-long festival features music, parades, dancing, and fireworks. On the night before the tomato fight, participants of the festival compete in a paella cooking contest. It is tradition for the women to wear all white and the men to wear no shirts. This festival started in a casual way in 1945, but wasn't officially recognized until 1952.

Approximately 20,000?50,000 tourists come to find out more about the tomato fight, multiply by several times Buñol's normal population of slightly over 9,000. There is limited accommodation for people who come to La Tomatina, and thus many participants stay in Valencia and travel by bus or train to Buñol, about 38 km outside the city. In preparation for the dirty mess that will ensue, shopkeepers use huge plastic covers on their storefronts in order to protect them. They also use about 150,000 tomatoes, just about 90,000 pounds.

La Tomatina 

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La Tomatina '07 in Bunol, Spain (Tomato Fight)

"Tomato" by Aras inspired in Tomatina Festival (Buñol)

The Infidels "I Cant Get Enough" Tomatina festival
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Official Site of La Tomatina 

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http://www.latomatina.es/
LA TOMATINA - TOMATO FIGHT - Inicio
Web oficial de la tomatina de Buñol, Made in Spain, Valencia travel tomatina.
This is the official website, which is in Spanish.
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Tomatina Videos 


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La Tomatina '07 in Bunol, Spain (Tomato Fight)

Tomatina 2006 - the end of the fight

Tomatina de Buñol

La Tomatina Tomato Fight Guerra de Tomates
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Tomatina Photos 

La Tomatina Banner by JPO2, Mr. Muddy Suitman

La Tomatina Banner

Getting wet by JPO2, Mr. Muddy Suitman

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Bunol sign by JPO2, Mr. Muddy Suitman

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The crowd watching the pole climbers go for the ham. by JPO2, Mr. Muddy Suitman

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All look towards the greased pole to watch those trying without luck to cut the ham down by JPO2, Mr. Muddy Suitman

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Crowd waits for the tomatoes by JPO2, Mr. Muddy Suitman

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Band performs behind plastic cover by JPO2, Mr. Muddy Suitman

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Tourman group heads down into Bunol for La Tomatina by JPO2, Mr. Muddy Suitman

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The tomatoes arrived-Let's throw them by JPO2, Mr. Muddy Suitman

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    OhMe OhMe Oct 8, 2009 @ 9:19 pm
    I had never head of La Tomatina and not sure I would like to get into that Tomato Fight. I had rather make Tomato Pies. lol Great lens and blessed!
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    Mr. Tomatina Mr. Tomatina Mar 19, 2009 @ 3:59 pm
    I went to La Tomatina both in 2007 & 2008. It was great a long time dream come true, as I always wanted to go to Spain and especially to La Tomatina. I was not disappointed, my experience even exceeded, as I found myself immersed in the shirt ripping and throwing of both the shirts & the tomatoes. I took many photos of the 2008 event and have posted them on Flickr. I found this site through my stats page on Flickr as the photos above are from and link to my Flickr page.
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    grahunt grahunt Jan 13, 2009 @ 9:56 am
    I took Ian Usher to the Tomatina last year. Who is Ian Usher, well he sold his life on ebay and now he is doing 100 Goals in 100 Weeks, Google it to find out more. Our pictures can be found here http://valenciacomment.blogspot.com/2008/08/september-finally-arrives.html
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    Joan4 Joan4 Aug 28, 2008 @ 11:12 am
    I hate to admit it, but that looks like a lot of fun! Get rid of tons of frustration pitching tomatoes, huh? Great lens idea!
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    SusanVillasLewis SusanVillasLewis Aug 28, 2008 @ 8:44 am
    Ya know, they tried to do a rendition of this on the Amazing Race when they went through Spain a couple of seasons ago. It was not a pretty sight. Much whining and yelling and frustration that just made for disgusting watching. The people on your page look like they're having way more fun than they were on TV.
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    schoolkid schoolkid Jun 9, 2008 @ 8:01 pm
    hi how are u
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    GETREADY GETREADY Apr 16, 2008 @ 10:13 am
    hey! Nice lens! I'e put a link to your lens on my lens which is about holiday accommodation in Valencia! We would really appreciate it if you did the same for us :)
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This year the festival will be held on August 25, 2010. Many stay in Valencia and commute to the event by bus, since there is limited housing available in Buñol.

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