A massive festival is held in Spain every last Wednesday of August. The location is Buñol at 40 KM west of Valencia. We are speaking about La Tomatina. No less then 100 tones of tomatoes are used every year in this frenzy festival. When the 1st rocket is launched into the air the battle begins. Everyone on the streets will take a tomato and throw it at each other.
It appears that the 1st tomato attack was in 1945. No one knows the real reason why. Some people say that that year town people attacked the councilmen regarding some issues. . Other people say that it 1st begun as an anti-Franco protest. The simplest of all theories is that it was started by some friends and a food fight. Who knows?
In 1952 the festival was publicly announced and was held almost every year. Late in the 70s it was stopped for a brief period of time but was started again shortly.
The festival is now held in honor of the town’s patron saint, St Louis Bertrand, and the Mare de Deu dels Desemparats (Mother of God of the Defenceless).
La Tomatina Festival In Spain
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