Where is the Annual Tomato Fight?

In Spain, at the end of August each year, the people of the temperate south celebrate the “La Tomatina” gambling festival, which attracts many tourists. In reality, it was perfectly used as a provincial holiday, as it was held in the small town of Buniol (Valencia). But now thousands of “tomato warriors” come here, not only from Spain but also from other countries.

In fact, “La Tomatina” is a folk music and dance festival in honor of a popular vegetable. But with the ingredients of mass “Gundam,” the gist is that you can fight using ripe tomatoes and throw at anyone and anything.

The first such fight in the city occurred in 1945 when most people started arguing far away from the rows of vegetables and started using tomatoes as an “argument” out of emotion. It should be noted that the Spanish varieties of these vegetables differ from other varieties in that they are very large, juicy, and give a lot of “blood.” The battle mentioned above has caused an unexpected comic effect. Its participants smelled heavily with tomato juice. Vegetable dealers also got it. However, the market has suffered the most, with tomatoes turning into “unimaginable” blood.

However, there are no completely bad cases. Tourists who suddenly came close were watching the fight. They started throwing money at the participants for successfully throwing tomatoes.

The following year, street groups already fighting among themselves began a particularly “bloody” war when the town had the largest number of tourists. After that, the city received advertisements all over Spain. Well, and there, where Mrs. Advertising rules the ball, much has been done with her aim of attracting affluent tourists and travelers (good income from the city budget).

It is no coincidence that since 1960 the city government has borne the brunt of the purchase and supply of tomatoes for the bloody war. Since 2002, the event has earned the status of an international holiday.

This season, about 10,000 foreign tourists and more than 50,000 Spaniards participated. The festival was televised and widely reported online and in the paper media. The emphasis in the videos and photographs must have been on the fights themselves.

According to established tradition, rows of tomatoes should be ready by 10 am. Until this time, in Central Square, you will see many trucks to unload the workers with them and the workers. Tomatoes are supplied in large quantities – twenty or more boxes per machine.

The holiday season begins when the most skilled men try to climb a tall, smooth pillar with plenty of soap and oil. At the very top, large pork was placed in the crossbar with the help of a telescopic tower. The reward for his most successful mountaineering is someone approaching him and managing it as soon as a cannonball is heard announcing that the “tomato” fight has started, such as there is no team, everyone is fighting for themselves. Prerequisite: Before throwing, the tomato must be crushed so that “blood” flows from it. The whole “battle” lasted exactly one hour. The second cannon shot announced the end of the “war.”

For many, the “highlight” of the Tomato Festival is that at the end of a fight, you can take a picture of “Bloody” standing in a “bloody” ankle-deep position. You must agree that the image is in the “No Look, Scary” section. And since lots of tomatoes are brought into the area, and almost all are used, it is not surprising that the whole area turns into a large tomato lake.

Participants in the “battle” are then washed in a special pool. For a few days, adjacent areas and roads are washed away from the fire engine. Still, the smell of ripe tomatoes lingers in the air until the autumn rains.