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- Where is La Tomatina celebrated?
- Why is there a tomato festival in Spain?
- When was La Tomatina banned?
- Is there a tomato festival in Italy?
- Who celebrates the Tomatina festival?
- When and where is the tomato festival in Spain?
- Who cleans up La Tomatina?
- Why is La Tomatina not considered a waste of food?
- What is the prize at the end of La Tomatina?
- Why was La Tomatina banned 1957?
- What are two rules of La Tomatina?
- How long does the Tomatina festival last?
- What is the origin of La Tomatina?
- Is La Tomatina religious?
Where is La Tomatina celebrated?
La Tomatina is a food fight festival held on the last Wednesday of August each year in the town of Buñol (history) near to Valencia in Spain.
Why is there a tomato festival in Spain?
Its purpose is purely for entertainment. The festival carries on a tradition that started in 1945 and has now become a staple of Spanish tradition in Valencia. La Tomatina is also the world's largest state-sanctioned food fight.
When was La Tomatina banned?
The tomato throwing continued for a few years until it was banned in the early 1950s. The festival was once again permitted after enough locals and others protested in favor of La Tomatina in 1957 and the La Tomatina Festival has since gained in popularity exponentially.
Is there a tomato festival in Italy?
This epic tomato throwing festival (the name should give that one away) happens on the last Wednesday of August each year and commands at least 20,000 people (at one stage 60,00 people were reported in the year 2012 before it became a ticketed event).
Who celebrates the Tomatina festival?
La Tomatina is Spain's tomato throwing festival that takes place annually on the last Wednesday in August in the town of Buñol. The origins of the festival are largely unknown, though a popular story tells of a group of teenagers who engaged in a food fight after a summertime religious celebration in the 1940s.
When and where is the tomato festival in Spain?
The origins of this mass tomato battle date back to a fight amongst children in 1945 and it has been celebrated every year since then. The “Tomatina” is held on the last Wednesday in August in the town of Buñol.
Who cleans up La Tomatina?
Tomatoes are apparently a natural disinfectant, meaning that after La Tomatina your skin will be cleansed of impurities. The town is also left surprisingly clean, with firefighters hosing down the streets – and people – after the battle.
Why is La Tomatina not considered a waste of food?
But people in Valencia say the tomatoes used for La Tomatina are no good for anything else. Not only are they about to start rotting, but these particular tomatoes – bought extremely cheaply from the Extremadura region of Spain – are of such low quality that they were pretty much inedible to start with.
What is the prize at the end of La Tomatina?
Details of prizes
1 x Major Prize: 4 days/3 nights La Tomatina (2020) package with PP Travel for two people (the winner and one travel companion) to Bunol, Spain, valued at up to $7,600 depending on the winner's place of departure.
Why was La Tomatina banned 1957?
In the early 1950s, La Tomatina was banned from taking place in Buñol by the local authorities. According to a La Tomatina travel website, the festival was banned by Spanish dictator Francisco Franco for having no religious significance.
What are two rules of La Tomatina?
The Rules of La Tomatina Festival
Do not enter bottles or hard objects because you can cause an accident or damages to your battle's fellows. Do not tear or throw your T-shirts nor other's T-shirt. Squash the tomatoes before throwing them, the hit will be less painful. Keep a safe distance of the lorries.
How long does the Tomatina festival last?
Usually, the fight lasts for about one hour, after which the town square is covered with tomato debris.
What is the origin of La Tomatina?
La Tomatina started in 1945 during a parade of Giants and Bigheads. Some local youth decided to take part in it, and some of the members of the party got angry. There was a small dispute near where there was a vegetable stand. The dispute became a tomato toss between both sides, until the police ended the “conflict.”
Is La Tomatina religious?
La Tomatina, Spain's tomato festival, is unusual because unlike most food festivals it has no religious significance. It's not a harvest festival and there are neither any pagan origins. There is, after all, no patron saint of tomatoes.
