Buñol celebrates the Tomatina for another year

Buñol celebrates the Tomatina for another year
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By h.b. - Aug 27, 2008 - 7:47 PM

Two men towards the end of the party in Buñol today - Photo EFE

Nearly 120,000 kilos of tomatoes were squashed during the fighting this year in the town.

Some 40,000 people took part in the famous Fiesta de al Tomatina in the Valencia town of Buñol today. Some of the revellers who were determined to take part in the largest tomato fight on the planet had travelled from countries as distant as Japan and Australia.

It took less than an hour for the 115,000 kilos of tomato to turn into a river of red in the fiesta which is held each year in honour of San Luis Bertrán, the local Patron Saint.

It does not take long to wash the streets clean of tomato in Buñol when the party is over - Photo EFE

On the same day the village of Tarazona in Zaragoza also celebrates a similar fiesta, again with the tomato, where a mystery personality runs a secret route through the village under a shower of tomatoes until finally revealing his or her identity.

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