La Tomatina is a festival, celebrated in the Valencian town of Buñol, in the east of Spain, 30 kilometres from the Mediterranean, in which participants throw tomatoes and get involved in a tomato fight.
The tomato fight took place this year after a two-year suspension owing to the Covid-19 pandemis.
La Tomatina is celebrated on the last Wednesday of August.
La Tomatina started in 1945 when some locals engaged in a dispute during a parade and started throwing tomatoes at each other
- Revelers throw tomatoes during the annual “La Tomatina” food fight festival,
- The tomato festival has become very popular around the globe and attracts thousands of tourists from all over
- Revelers throw tomato pulps at each other during the annual festival
