Spain's tomato food fight 'Tomatina' returns after pandemic
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'Tomatina' is back!
Thousands of revellers splattered each other with tomatoes in Spain's Bunol welcoming the return of the annual "Tomatina" food fight after a two-years of pandemic hiatus.
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130 tonnes of ripe tomatoes
A group of six trucks carrying 130 tonnes of ripe tomatoes rolled through the eastern town's narrow streets, as teams on board distributed the load among the baying crowd for an hour-long frenzy.
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'World's biggest food fight'
The festival -- billed as "the world's biggest food fight" -- has become a major draw for foreigners, in particular from Australia, Britain, Japan and the United States.
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Tickets sold
This year only 15,000 of the 20,000 available tickets were sold as fewer people from Asia could made it to the trip due to prevailing Covid-19 travel restrictions.
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Revellers having fun
Revellers were seen wearing goggles to protect their eyes and bent down to pick up and throw tomatoes from the ground. Most of them were also seen laying in the pulp.
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History of 'Tomatina'
The "Tomatina" festival started in 1945 when locals brawling in the street at a folk festival grabbed tomatoes from a grocer's stall and let loose. In 2002 Spain's tourism secretary named the event a "festivity of international tourist interest" because of its popularity.