2008年10月21日火曜日

La Tomatina















La Tomatina is a food festival held on the last Wednesday of August each year in the town of Bunol in the Valencia region of Spain. Tens of thousands of participants come from all over the world. Surpringly this festival use more than oen hundred metric tons tomatoes. Participants throw many tomatoes each other , just throwing.


The tomato fight has been a strong tradition in Bunol since 1944 or 1945. No one knows completely what is this event origin. One of the most popular theories is that disgruntled townspeople attacked city councilmen with tomatoes during a town celebration.