The streets in Buñol, Spain, were painted red Wednesday for the annual “Tomatina” festival, where participants threw overripe tomatoes at each other by the thousands.
Thousands swarmed the streets of Buñol, Spain, for a massive food fight festival known as “La Tomatina.” pic.twitter.com/2OsQWitnvH
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Workers dumped 120 tons of tomatoes onto the streets for folks to hurl at each other in celebration, the Associated Press reported.
The legendary tomato battle reportedly originated in 1945, when a food fight between children in the tomato-producing region inspired a messy tradition, according to the AP.
During a town parade in 1945, “a few youngsters made one of the participants fall, hitting everything that got in his way. The crowd became angry and began throwing tomatoes that they found on a nearby vegetable stand,” and…
