La Tomatina in Buñol, Spain, is an annual event where participants throw squashed tomatoes at each other. Around 20,000 people attend, throwing 320,000 pounds of tomato pulp. The origins are unclear, but it began in the mid-1940s. Participants pay a minimum of $15 USD to play, but riding one of six truckloads of tomatoes costs over $1,100 USD. Since 2013, only ticketed attendees can participate.
Every year, on the last Wednesday in August, the Spanish town of Buñol draws an estimated 20,000 fun-loving crowds for La Tomatina, a simple but raucously entertaining event where attendees throw squashed tomatoes at each other. The fight usually lasts about an hour, with around 320,000 pounds (145,000 kg) of tomato pulp thrown around. Afterwards, the town square is washed up and many attendees head to a nearby river to clean up.
All in good fun:
Participants pay a minimum of $15 USD (10 Euros) to play food. But if you want to ride one of six truckloads of overripe tomatoes, it will cost you more than $1,100 USD (750 euros).
The precise origins of the event are unclear, but La Tomatina is thought to have begun after children started a food fight during a parade in Buñol in the mid-1940s.
The festival has become so popular that since 2013, only ticketed attendees can take part in the tomato tossing fun.
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