If you are ever free on the last Wednesday of August, head to Buñol, Spain, and pelt the tourists with plenty of tomatoes.
That’s the whole point of La Tomatina – the world’s messiest tomato fight. Between 20,000 and 50,000 fun-lovers descend on the small town every year to splatter each other with over 100 tonnes of the red fruit.
First, someone must reach a ham at the top of a 12ft greased pole. Then the pulpy carnage can begin. It ends with cannon fire an hour later, when the fire trucks start the clean-up operation.
Many people think this started in 1945, with teenagers hurling tomatoes during a town parade.
It’s now part of a week-long celebration that features bands, fireworks and dancing with fellow tomato-throwers.
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