Wednesday, September 7, 2011

'Tomatina' fight fiesta in Spain!

A reveller throws tomato pulp during the annual 'Tomatina' tomato fight fiesta in the village of Bunol, Spain, on August 31, 2011. (AP/Alberto Saiz)
Revellers covered with squashed tomatoes kiss during the 'Tomatina' fight fiesta in Spain on August 31, 2011. The origin of the tomato fight is disputed - everyone in Bunol seems to have a favourite story - but most agree it started around 1940, in the early years of General Francisco Franco's dictatorship. (AFP/German Garcia)
A reveller is covered with tomato pulp after the annual 'Tomatina' (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia on August 31, 2011. Bunol's town hall estimated more than 40,000 people, some from as far away as Japan and Australia, took up arms and pelted each other with 120 tons of ripe tomatoes in the yearly food fight known as the 'Tomatina', now in its 66th year. (Reuters/Heino Kalis)
Revellers on a truck throw tomatoes into the crowd during the annual 'Tomatina' (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia on August 31, 2011. Tens of thousands of revellers splattered each other with 120 tonnes of squashed tomatoes in a gigantic annual food fight known as the Tomatina. (Reuters/Heino Kalis)
A reveller dives on a street covered with squashed tomatoes during the 'Tomatina' fight in Bunol on August 31, 2011. (AFP/German Garcia)
Revellers jump in tomato pulp during the annual 'Tomatina' (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol on August 31, 2011. The origin of the tomato fight is disputed - everyone in Bunol seems to have a favourite story - but most agree it started around 1940, in the early years of General Francisco Franco's dictatorship. (Reuters/Heino Kalis)
A reveller gives the thumbs-up as he is covered with tomato pulp after the annual 'Tomatina' in the Mediterranean village of Bunol in Spain on August 31, 2011. (Reuters/Heino Kalis)
A reveller leaves the 'battlefield' after the annual 'Tomatina' (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol. August 31, 2011. (Reuters/Heino Kalis)
A reveller on a truck throws tomatoes into the crowd during the annual 'Tomatina' (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, Spain on August 31, 2011. (Heino Kalis)
Revellers on a truck throw tomatoes into the crowd during the annual 'Tomatina' (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol in Spain. (Reuters/Heino Kalis)
Revellers throw tomatoes during the annual 'Tomatina' (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia, on August 31, 2011. (Reuters/Heino Kalis)
A reveller lies on a street covered with squashed tomatoes during the 'Tomatina' fight in Bunol, Spain on August 31, 2011. The streets ran red with slippery juice as nearly 40,000 people, many stripped to the waist and drunk with sangria, pelted each other in the Plaza Mayor square and nearby streets of Bunol, eastern Spain. (AFP/German Garcia)

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