The last Wednesday of August marks this popular annual festival, in which participants throw tonnes of over-ripe tomatoes at each other.Yes, the festival is messy, and crazy. But that's where the fun lies. Here are a few facts about the festival
Food fight
True that is La Tomatina happens to be the largest state-sanctioned food fight in the world. And guess what, as many as 40,000 enthusiasts travel to the town of Bunol every year just for pelting tomatoes at each other.
The festival involves other festivals
La Tomatina is just not about the tomato fights. The week leading up to this crazy tomato fight day witnesses massive parades, fireworks, and even massive paella cooking contests taking place in the Spanish town.
The amount of tomatoes used Although the battle of tomatoes lasts only for an hour, as many as 1,50,000 tomatoes are used up in that span of time. The weight totals to a whopping 40 metric tonnes! But mind you, the tomatoes are of low-quality, over-ride, and inferior in taste.
