Trucks have dumped 120 tons of overripe tomatoes in Buñol, Spain, to mark the start of the Spanish town’s 2023 “Tomatina' street party attended by 15,000 people.
The street fight leaves both the street, its houses and participants drenched in red pulp.Tickets for the festival start at $13.
The town hoses down the area and the revelers shower off within minutes of the hourlong noon battle finishing. A woman reacts during the annual tomato fight fiesta called"Tomatina" in the village of Buñol near Valencia, Spain, on Aug. 30, 2023. The festival, held on the last Wednesday of August, was inspired by a food fight between local children in 1945 in the town, located in a tomato-producing region.
Media attention in the 1980s turned it into a national and international event, drawing participants from every corner of the world.The party is ranked by Spain as anGet all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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