What to do at “La Tomatina”

Hello world!!!

This year´s Festival is expected to have 40 000 assistants and more than 100 000 kilograms of tomatoes ready to be thrown.

During “La Tomatina” festival people can experience one week of music, parades, dancing and fireworks; however, the most popular activity is the tomato fight which starts after the paella contest.

The tomato fight:

1. Trucks full of tomatoes from Extremadura arrive at Plaza del Pueblo.
2. The festival must not begin until one person is able to climb to the top of a 2 story high greased pole with a ham on top.
3. Supposing step 2 is completed, then the beginning of the fight is marked by the firing of water canons.
4. People using gloves, googles and some protection start the fight.
5. After one hour of throwing tomatoes to one another, again the firing of water canons marks the end of the battle.

See this video of last´s year tomato battle at la Tomatina

References

http://www.cuandopasa.com/index.php?v=v73c

http://www.latomatinatours.com/