History of La Tomatina Festival

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br /> <h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="color: black; font-family: 'droid serif'; font-size: 23px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.25em; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">History of La Tomatina Festival</h3><div class="post-header"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3521949177840900012" style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXWDtZZqWEx4wLIL65XcMyhiQ6GmrOs9SYws2MGqD6pvqBrDvNabAvhoz4tfPHPObNHC9qazVd2ckSc-wroCi7ufdqbRagnzb2a4gM89FOBaOT1YwG8Pd8zEDuCBogiUxFlFu7FUnNLJOg/s1600/tom-header.gif" imageanchor="1" style="color: #3366cc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXWDtZZqWEx4wLIL65XcMyhiQ6GmrOs9SYws2MGqD6pvqBrDvNabAvhoz4tfPHPObNHC9qazVd2ckSc-wroCi7ufdqbRagnzb2a4gM89FOBaOT1YwG8Pd8zEDuCBogiUxFlFu7FUnNLJOg/s400/tom-header.gif" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px;" width="400" /></a></div><a href="" name="more"></a><br /> <div style="text-align: center;">Spain's La Tomatina is one of the <b>hottest festivals</b> the world has to offer. Not only does it feature ham and <b>greased poles</b>, it also finishes off with a city-wide<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; position: static;"><span style="color: black;"> tomato fight </span><span class="kLink" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: blue; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: blue; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; position: static;"></span><span class="kLink" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: blue; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: blue; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; position: static;"></span></span>. We've got the 411 on the <b>messiest holiday</b> in the world.</div><div></div><h2 style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSGQXf7N3AA5zKjVt4kFTOzq3Wns0jJTAvdUvzMHoqRtU6yBYH3cwSpgHoutqmyc9cSzQNOTULoO4p5d2W1riMAbg1omqqACNisj16OFysRqcglX-H_Y2SeLcF4rTVgBx31DGWNVOfP8/s1600/h2bg.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: white; font: normal normal bold 120%/1.4em Arial, Trebuchet, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: -7px; margin-right: -7px; margin-top: -6px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 6px; text-align: center; text-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0px 1px 0px; text-transform: none;">Where Is It?</h2><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">La Tomatina is celebrated on the <b>last Wednesday</b> in August in the small town of<b>Bunol</b> in eastern <b>Spain</b>. <span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; position: static;">The </span><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; position: static;">festival</span></span> began way back in 1944 but there is no known<b>religious or political</b> basis for it. Some people guess it began as a food fight among children or that local townspeople chucked tomatoes to show their <b>dislike of a local politician</b>. Whatever the case, the event caught on and has happened every year until the Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco banned the festival for "having no religious significance." However, the town <b>resumed the event</b> after Franco died in the '70s.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><h2 style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSGQXf7N3AA5zKjVt4kFTOzq3Wns0jJTAvdUvzMHoqRtU6yBYH3cwSpgHoutqmyc9cSzQNOTULoO4p5d2W1riMAbg1omqqACNisj16OFysRqcglX-H_Y2SeLcF4rTVgBx31DGWNVOfP8/s1600/h2bg.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: white; font: normal normal bold 120%/1.4em Arial, Trebuchet, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: -7px; margin-right: -7px; margin-top: -6px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 6px; text-align: center; text-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0px 1px 0px; text-transform: none;">Attack of the Killer Tomatoes</h2><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">A <b>week-long festival</b> leads up to the big tomato fight, which includes parades, fireworks and even a paella cooking contest. On the big day, shopkeepers board up their storefronts to protect them from <b>the impending mess</b> and a ham is placed at the top of a tall, <b>greased pole</b> which must be retrieved before the tomato tossing can begin. At 11AM sharp, participants struggle to climb to the top of the pole to bring down the ham - then it's every man for himself as <b>240,000 pounds</b> (108,900 kg) of tomatoes are pelted at everything that moves.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><h2 style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSGQXf7N3AA5zKjVt4kFTOzq3Wns0jJTAvdUvzMHoqRtU6yBYH3cwSpgHoutqmyc9cSzQNOTULoO4p5d2W1riMAbg1omqqACNisj16OFysRqcglX-H_Y2SeLcF4rTVgBx31DGWNVOfP8/s1600/h2bg.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: white; font: normal normal bold 120%/1.4em Arial, Trebuchet, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: -7px; margin-right: -7px; margin-top: -6px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 6px; text-align: center; text-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0px 1px 0px; text-transform: none;">Did U Know?</h2><div style="text-align: center;"></div><ul style="text-align: center;"><li>La Tomatina participants are recommended to <b>wear goggles</b> to protect their eyes from the <b>acid in the tomatoes</b>.</li> <li>La Tomatina safety regulations require that tomatoes are <b>squished</b> before being thrown so they don't hurt when they impact.</li> <li>A <b>cannon</b> is fired to signal the beginning and end of the tomato-throwing.</li> <li>Firefighters use water canons to <b>wash down</b> the streets after the festival.</li> <li>Men and women often separate into <b>warring factions</b> during the tomato throwing. What a messy <b>battle of the sexes</b>!</li> </ul></div></div>

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