Thousands of people took to the streets in the
town, BUNOL eastern Spain, for throwing
tomatoes at each other as part of the annual festival for the exchange of
tomatoes or so-it "Tomattina" festival, which is famous for Spain,
according to a report in Time magazine.
But it seems that the Spanish town will not be
the only place that will see the Tomatina, as the Google site to change its
motto today drew expressive about this festival to celebrate the 70th
anniversary of what is widely largest "food battle" in the world.
The Tomato Festival or battle Tomatina is a
Spanish tradition dates back to 1940, has not been formally recognized only in
1957.
And exceed the annual accounts of the beginning
of this Altgayd, where some locals' beginnings attributed to young people who
are fed up with the annual balloon festival and turned to throw tomatoes at the
same balloon.
Other novels and remember that the festival
back to the origins of the outbreak of a battle between two families with
tomatoes, or tomatoes to one of the bands, or attack to a spontaneous protest
against the hated officials by the people.
