la tomatina

La Tomatina is a food fight festival held on the last wednesday of August each year in town called Bunol,Valencia of spain. More than ten thousand of participants come from all over the world to fight in a brutal battle where more than hundred metric tons over-ripe tomatoes are thrown in the streets.One night before the tomato fight, participants of the festival compete in paella cooking contest. it is a tradition of the women to wear all white and the men to where no shirts. This festival started in a casual way in 1945,but wasn't officially recognized untill 1952. In preparation for the tomato fight ,the shopkeepers use huge plastic covers on their storefronts in order to protect them.At around 10 a.m,the first event of the Tomatina begins.This festival starts by figuring out how to get people to climb up a greased pole with a ham at the top.While this is happening the group works up a frenzy singing and dancing while being showered from hose.Once someone is able to release the ham from the pole,several trucks haul tons of tomatoes.The signal for the begining of the fight is firing of water cannons,and chaos begins.Once it begins,the battle is generally every man for himself.Those who take part in this event are encouraged to wear a proctective goggles and gloves.The participants must even squish the tomatoes before throwingfor safety precautions.After exactly one hour ,the fighting ends when the water cannons are fired once more to signal the end.At this point,no more tomatoes can be thrown.This tomato war end by cleaning process,which involves the use of fire trucks to spray down the streets.......THE END......