Thousands Join Buñol's La Tomatina as 165 Tons of Tomatoes Fly
More than 20,000 people were expected, and about 40% of recent participants came from abroad, Spanish news agency EFE reported.
- On Wednesday, thousands of revelers descended on the village of Bunol, Spain, for the annual Tomatina tomato fight, painting the town red with up to 165 tons of overripe tomatoes.
- The festival originated from a 1945 food fight before Spanish dictator Gen. Francisco Franco banned it in the 1950s; televised media in the 1980s later revived the tradition into an international attraction.
- Bollywood movie 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' sparked a notable jump in visitors from India in recent years, introducing the festival to many Indians seeking the experience.
- Non-Local attendees pay 15 euros for a ticket to participate; the first rule requires squashing tomatoes before hurling them to avoid injuries.
- Similar tomato-flinging events have since occurred in Florida, London, Amsterdam, and Hyderabad, India, while the tomatoes' citric acid acts as a natural cleaning agent for the town's streets.
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Once a year, the streets of the village of Buñol in the east of Spain turn into tomato soup. On the last Wednesday of August, the inhabitants and tourists from all over the world throw themselves with overripe tomatoes for an hour. We were there in 2026 and captured this crazy Fiesta in pictures.
La Tomatina 2026: Thousands of revelers paint Spain red in 120-ton tomato fight
The quiet Valencian town of Bunol has transformed into a massive, crimson-soaked battleground as tens of thousands of international revelers descended on the streets for the world's most famous food...
Red roads as if they were the set of a movie splatter. Actually it is tomato: 150 tons that about 22 thousand people launched for an hour on the occasion of the Tomatina, the famous festival of Buñol, Spain. The battle of tomatoes originated in 1945, during the traditional fashion show of Giants and Testons, when an altercation among some young people degenerated in a tomato launch. The event was banned for a period at the beginning of the 1950s…
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