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People in red: Thousands hurl tomatoes in Spanish food fight
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Revelers on a truck throw tomatoes into the crowd during the annual 'Tomatina' festival in Bunol, near Valencia, Spain, August 29, 2018. (REUTERS/Heino Kalis)
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housands of revelers hurled some 145 tonnes of tomatoes at each other on Wednesday, celebrating the messy annual Tomatina festival in the eastern Spanish town of Bunol.
A fire cracker signal marked the start of the massive food fight at 11 a.m. (0900 GMT) and during the next hour, six trucks loaded with over-ripe tomatoes drove through the small town's main street providing ammunition for festival-goers.
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Some wore sunglasses or goggles as protection for their eyes as they covered each other in red pulp.
The Tomatina is said to have originated from a spontaneous bust-up amongst villagers in 1945. It was banned for a while during the 1950s at the height of General Francisco Franco’s dictatorship, but today draws large crowds of locals as well as foreign tourists.
