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A reveller poses as others enjoy throwing tomatoes at each other, during the annual "Tomatina", tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol, 50km outside Valencia, Spain, on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. (Source: AP)
At the annual "Tomatina" battle, that has become a major tourist attraction, trucks dumped 160 tonnes of tomatoes for some 20,000 participants, many from abroad, to throw during the hour-long Wednesday morning festivities. (Source: AP)
Many Indians were made aware of the Tomatina festival thanks to the 2011 film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. (Source: AP)
People from around the world travel to Spain around this time so that they can attend this really fun festival. (Source: AP)
Tourist enjoying La Tomatina Festival, Spain by throwing tomatoes at each other. (Source: AP)
People enjoying the Tomatina Festival, Spain. (Source: AP)
The festival started back in 1945, and ever since then it has been celebrated on the last Wednesday of August. (Source: AP)
Children and their parents take selfies after having a splash at La Tomatina Festival, Spain. (Source: AP)
Friends having fun at La Tomatina Festival, Spain. (Source: AP)
The tomato fight usually lasts for an hour, after which the town square is covered with tomato debris. After the fight, fire trucks hose down the streets and participants often use hoses that locals provide to remove the tomatoes from their bodies. (Source: AP)
