I have discovered in the two years I have been living in Spain that sometimes the Spanish do very weird things. My (very British) idea of a festival or celebration involves drink, music, possibly dancing and often a speech. The Spanish like to throw fireworks, build towers out of humans, get carried around in coffins and jump over babies (all things that actually happen in yearly festivals). I have also discovered that a very large number of Spanish festivals involve throwing things. I have no...
festivals in spain, spanish culture, spanish festivals
La Tomatina is a food fight festival held every year on the last Wednesday of August in Buñol, a small town close to Valencia. The festival attracts over 40,000 people and is known as the biggest food fight in the world. Over 125 tons of ripe tomatoes provided by the town hall are thrown in the streets where people, locals and tourists alike, are allowed to fight for exactly one hour on that day. What happens in Buñol on that day? The festivities begin at around 11 a.m. on the main square of...
la tomatina, spanish culture, spanish festivals, valencia