Tomatina festival in Spain Bashny.Net

"Blood" -Red Tomatina festival, one of the most fun in Spain, takes place annually in the small town of Bunol. A traditional festival is a street tomato battle. Tomatina lasts a week and includes musical performances, fairs, parades, dancing and fireworks. Every year during tomato madness is used more than 100 tons of tomatoes.






Venue - the town of Buñol, located 40 km from Valencia. It is home to about 9000 people, but during the festival it attracts no less than 40 thousand visitors.



Girls obkidyvayut tomato puree during the annual tomato festival in Bunol 25 August 2010.



According to the rules of combat, before dropping a tomato, it is necessary to crush, to injure no one. Protect eyes from tomato juice organizers recommend using protective eyewear. Nothing else, except tomatoes, throwing is not allowed.



Tomato fight in Bunol town on August 25. This year the city with a permanent population of 10 thousand people visited more than 45 thousand tourists who enthusiastically pelted each other with tomatoes in an hour. Ten people were injured at the same time.



People throw tomatoes into the crowd from a passing truck during the annual Tomatina festival. On the day of tomato fight that lasts an hour, all the streets Bunyola completely cover for the movement.



This year, the narrow streets of the town barely able to accommodate all participants Tomatina.



Tomato fights in the last week of August in Bunol are over half a century: the festival began in 1945 when some friends jokingly started throwing food at each other. The following year the same thing happened, only the battle had already been involved pedestrians. And in 1952 Tomatina received official status.



On the organization and conduct of the war tomato authorities annually spend tens of thousands of euros. This year's festival cost 70 million euros, of which 28 thousand was spent on the purchase of vegetables. Most of the rest of the money went to the organization of safety and further cleaning the streets.



One of the participants of the festival throws the tomato puree sitting outside Bunyola.



A woman cleans the face of tomato after tomato fight in Bunol August 25. When the "shells" in the tomato battle come to an end, all the participants of the festival go to the river to wash away the tomato juice, but this time the fire trucks poured water street, scraping the remains of tomatoes.