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The War of Tomatoes, Spain

September 3, 2008 ·  

Once a year, one particular street in the sleepy town of Buñol, Spain becomes a red from an ankle-deep tomato juice river, which flows with flip-flops, t-shirts, beer cans, and the occasional Afro wig. The event is called La Tomatina and is the world’s largest tomato fight.

Buñol, which is a one-hour train ride from Valencia, has been hosting La Tomatina since 1945. There are various theories about how it began. Some say a couple of friends got into an argument at a local restaurant, which eventually turned... [Read more]

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