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| La Tomatina |
La Tomatina / 28.08.2013
La Tomatina is a "Food Fight" festival which is held each year on the last Wednesday of August. The city for this event is Buñol
in the Valencia
region of Spain. Tons of over-ripe tomatoes 
are thrown in the streets in exactly one,two,three,.......... : )) hour. This festival is a tradition in Buñol since 1944.
How started La Tomatina...?
The festival is in honor of the town's patron saints, Luis Bertran and the Mare de Deu dels Desemparats "Mother of God of the Defenseless".
The tomato fight has been a strong tradition in Bunol since 1944 or 1945. Actually,nothing is certain how this event started or become a tradition. There are possible theories on how it began include a local food fight among friends or farmers, a juvenile class war, a volley of tomatoes from participantsof a carnival parade, a practical joke on a bad musician or music group.
The most popular theory is that disgruntled townspeople attacked the cities councilmen with tomatoes during a town celebration. Whatever happened to begin the tradition, it was enjoyed so much that it was repeated the next year, and the year after that, and so on.
Approximately 50,000 tourists come yearly to find out more about the tomato fight, and to participate. For the La Tomatina it is used about 150,000 tomatoes (90,000 pounds)
Where: The Plaza del Pueblo in Buñol, Spain.
Buñol is roughly 40 km (25 mi) from Valencia.
The actual tomato throwing event lasts for one hour.
Getting There: Since Bunol is a small town with few hotels, it is better to stay in Valencia. There are trains (Renfe) departing each hour in direction to Bunol.
