Photos: Thousands join Spain’s La Tomatina festival for epic tomato battle
Summary
Thousands of people gathered in Buñol, Spain, to take part in La Tomatina, a famous tomato-throwing festival held every year. Trucks unloaded around 165 tonnes of tomatoes, and participants threw them at each other for about an hour in the town's narrow streets.Key Facts
- La Tomatina takes place annually on the last Wednesday of August in Buñol, eastern Spain.
- Over 20,000 people attended the 2024 event, many wearing white T-shirts.
- About 165 tonnes of ripe tomatoes were used by festival-goers to throw during the battle.
- Police were present for crowd control and briefly used pepper spray to disperse a part of the crowd.
- Approximately 40% of participants in recent years have been international tourists.
- The festival traces back to a local food fight that began in 1945.
- La Tomatina was once banned under the rule of Francisco Franco but continued and grew in popularity.
- A 2011 Bollywood film helped increase participation from Indian tourists.
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