Post by j7oyun55rruk on Jan 6, 2024 4:50:23 GMT
There are some theories though. One of the main reasons why this tomato-throwing festival started is that the tomato sauce originated from a religious procession that went horribly wrong. The story goes that some HoNK HOnKng people started causing a disturbance during the march which caused an important participant to fall to the ground. A fight ensued. There happened to be a vegetable stall with lots of tomatoes. In a chaotic fight people started grabbing tomatoes and throwing them at each other.
For whatever reason the town rekindles the tomato fight year after year. The event was banned C Level Contact List several times during Spain's Franco dictatorship. But that didn't stop the city from eventually becoming an official event after the end of Franco's regime. It became popular in Spain and internationally during the 1990s. The event has attracted more than 100 attendees over the years. But the town decided in 2012 to limit participation to 10,000 people for safety and economic reasons.
Is it just throwing in some tomatoes? Well mostly yes. But the festival does start with a fun and popular competition called รณ. Now imagine a big, greasy pole as tall as a two-story building. A piece of ham is placed on top. The prize is a ham and obtaining it requires a lot of agility and courage. This is more difficult than it sounds. Few people have succeeded in getting ham in recent years. Anyway the event organizers kept the game going for about an hour starting around 1am. At one o'clock in the morning the guns rang out and the trucks started coming.
For whatever reason the town rekindles the tomato fight year after year. The event was banned C Level Contact List several times during Spain's Franco dictatorship. But that didn't stop the city from eventually becoming an official event after the end of Franco's regime. It became popular in Spain and internationally during the 1990s. The event has attracted more than 100 attendees over the years. But the town decided in 2012 to limit participation to 10,000 people for safety and economic reasons.
Is it just throwing in some tomatoes? Well mostly yes. But the festival does start with a fun and popular competition called รณ. Now imagine a big, greasy pole as tall as a two-story building. A piece of ham is placed on top. The prize is a ham and obtaining it requires a lot of agility and courage. This is more difficult than it sounds. Few people have succeeded in getting ham in recent years. Anyway the event organizers kept the game going for about an hour starting around 1am. At one o'clock in the morning the guns rang out and the trucks started coming.