La Tomatina, Bunol, Spain
La Tomatina is the food fight festival held on the last Wednesday of August each year in the town of Bunol near to the Valencia in Spain, the town located 30 kilometres from the Mediterranean, in which the participants throw the tomatoes and get involved in this tomato fight purely for fun. It is held on the last Wednesday of August, during the festivities of Buñol.
History:
La Tomatina started last Wednesday of August in Wednesday of August in 1945 when some young people went to the town square to attend the Giants and Big-Heads figures parade. The young boys decided to parade with the musician.
The energy of these young people caused one person to fall off the float. The participants flew into the fit of rage and started to hit everything in his path. There was the vegetable that fell victim to what soon became the furious crowd. People started to bombard each other with tomatoes until the local law enforcement ended the vegetable battle.
The following year, young people picked the quarrel by their own decision and brought the tomatoes from the home. Although the police broke up early tradition in the following years, the young boys had made the history without being conscious about it. La Tomatina was banned in the early 50s, which was not the problem for the participants who were arrested.
The following year the young people repeated the fight on last Wednesday of August, only this time they brought their own tomatoes from home. They were again dispersed by the police. After repeating this in the same years, the tradition was established. In 1950, the town allowed the tomato hurl to take place, however the next year it was again stopped. A lot of young were imprisoned but the Bunol residence forced the authorities to let them go. The festival again gained the popularity with more and more participants getting involved every year. After the subsequent years it was banned again with the threats of the serious penalties. In the year 1957, some young people planned to celebrate “the tomato’s funeral, with the singers, musicians and comedies. The main attraction however, was the coffin with the big tomato inside being carried by the youth and the band playing the funeral marches. Seeing this popularity of festival and the alarming demand, 1957 saw the festival becoming official with the certain rules and restrictions. These rules have gone through a lot of modifications over the years.
Another important landmark in the history of this La Tomatina festival is the year 1975. From 1975 onwards, San Luis Bertran is the patron of the town of Bunol organised the whole festival and brought in tomatoes which was previously been brought by the local people. After this soon, in 1980, the town hall took the responsibility of organizing the festival.
After that number of the participants increased year after year as well excitement about the festival. In 2002, La Tomatina of Bunol was declared as the festivity of International Tourist Interest by the Secretary Department of the tourism due to its success.
History:
La Tomatina started last Wednesday of August in Wednesday of August in 1945 when some young people went to the town square to attend the Giants and Big-Heads figures parade. The young boys decided to parade with the musician.
The energy of these young people caused one person to fall off the float. The participants flew into the fit of rage and started to hit everything in his path. There was the vegetable that fell victim to what soon became the furious crowd. People started to bombard each other with tomatoes until the local law enforcement ended the vegetable battle.
The following year, young people picked the quarrel by their own decision and brought the tomatoes from the home. Although the police broke up early tradition in the following years, the young boys had made the history without being conscious about it. La Tomatina was banned in the early 50s, which was not the problem for the participants who were arrested.
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The following year the young people repeated the fight on last Wednesday of August, only this time they brought their own tomatoes from home. They were again dispersed by the police. After repeating this in the same years, the tradition was established. In 1950, the town allowed the tomato hurl to take place, however the next year it was again stopped. A lot of young were imprisoned but the Bunol residence forced the authorities to let them go. The festival again gained the popularity with more and more participants getting involved every year. After the subsequent years it was banned again with the threats of the serious penalties. In the year 1957, some young people planned to celebrate “the tomato’s funeral, with the singers, musicians and comedies. The main attraction however, was the coffin with the big tomato inside being carried by the youth and the band playing the funeral marches. Seeing this popularity of festival and the alarming demand, 1957 saw the festival becoming official with the certain rules and restrictions. These rules have gone through a lot of modifications over the years.
Another important landmark in the history of this La Tomatina festival is the year 1975. From 1975 onwards, San Luis Bertran is the patron of the town of Bunol organised the whole festival and brought in tomatoes which was previously been brought by the local people. After this soon, in 1980, the town hall took the responsibility of organizing the festival.
After that number of the participants increased year after year as well excitement about the festival. In 2002, La Tomatina of Bunol was declared as the festivity of International Tourist Interest by the Secretary Department of the tourism due to its success.
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