La Tomatina: The day Spain turns red

Published August 27, 2015
A reveller lies in tomato pulp during the annual "tomatina" festivities in the village of Bunol, near Valencia on August 26, 2015. — AFP
A reveller lies in tomato pulp during the annual "tomatina" festivities in the village of Bunol, near Valencia on August 26, 2015. — AFP

The streets of the eastern Spanish town are awash with red pulp as thousands of people pelt each other with tomatoes in the annual "Tomatina" battle that has become a major tourist attraction. At the annual fiesta in Buñol on Wednesday, trucks dumped 150 tons of ripe tomatoes for some 22,000 participants. The world-famous festival has been held in the Valencian town of Buñol on the last Wednesday of August since 1945.

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