La TOMATINA

BUNOL, VALENCIA, SPAIN

BUNOL, VALENCIA, SPAIN

THE Gigantes y cabezudos FESTIVAL, 1945

HOW DID THEY CREATE "LA TOMATINA"?

• Started a brawl, with TOMATOES, in the town's main square.
• Let the police intervene it.
• Had fun and did it again next year.
• The fight attracted many young people (and cops, too).
• Repeated it for a few years => the tradition was born.

HOW DID THEY CREATE "LA TOMATINA"?

• Started a brawl, with TOMATOES, in the town's main square.
• Let the police intervene it.
• Had fun and did it again next year.
• The fight attracted many young people (and cops, too).
• Repeated it for a few years => the tradition was born.

SOME QUICK HISTORY FACTS:

• The festival was banned in 1957.
• So the Spaniards decided to celebrate "the Tomato's funeral".
• With a coffin full of...tomatoes being carried around.
• After that event, it became official with rules and restrictions.
• From 1980, the town hall began to organize the festival by themselves.

SOME QUICK HISTORY FACTS:

• The festival was banned in 1957.
• So the Spaniards decided to celebrate "the Tomato's funeral".
• With a coffin full of...tomatoes being carried around.
• After that event, it became official with rules and restrictions.
• From 1980, the town hall began to organize the festival by themselves.

HOW THE FIGHT BEGIN:

HOW THE FIGHT BEGIN:

1. GO UP THAT POLE AND GET THE HAM.

1. GO UP THAT POLE AND GET THE HAM.

MEANWHILE, LOOK AT THE CROWD...

MEANWHILE, LOOK AT THE CROWD...

2. PEOPLE START TO THROW TOMATOES FROM TRUCKS

2. PEOPLE START TO THROW TOMATOES FROM TRUCKS

3. DIP YOURSELF IN THOSE TOMATO SAUCE.

3. DIP YOURSELF IN THOSE TOMATO SAUCE.

4. WASH YOURSELF AND CLEAN THE STREETS WITH FIRE HOSES.

4. WASH YOURSELF AND CLEAN THE STREETS WITH FIRE HOSES.

5. ENJOY YOURSELF. HAVE FUN.

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THE WEAPON: TOMATOES

• About 150,000 tomatoes are used each year.
• That weighs about 40 tons.
• Come from Extremadura (in the West Spain).
• Cheaper than normal tomatoes.

RULES!!!!

• Want to throw tomatoes? Crush it first.
• Don't bring bottles or hard objects with you.
• Ripping other people's T-Shirts are forbidden.
• Keep a safe distance from the trucks.
• No tomatoes should be thrown after the fight've ended.

LA TOMATINA IN OTHER PLACES...

IN COLORADO, US.

IN SUTAMARCHAN, COLUMBIA

HONERABLE MENTIONS:

• San Jose de Trojas, Costa Rica
• Guangdong, China
• Quillon, Chile

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