The Tomatina is held each year in Bunol, in the heart of a fertile region some 40 kilometres north of the coastal city of Valencia, Spain's third-largest city, on the last Wednesday in August.
The town says it expects the fight to bring in 300,000 euros ($362,000) to the local economy, a welcome financial boost as the country suffers from a recession and a jobless rate of nearly 25 percent.
"We don't have much space but there is no other way," said Rafael Perez, spokesman for the town of 10,000 inhabitants. "It's been here since 1945."
Though the origins of the event are unclear, it is thought to have its roots in a food fight between childhood friends in the mid-1940s in the city.
It has grown in size as international press coverage brought more and more people to the festival, with tourists flocking in this year from Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and India.
(Read by Nelly Min. Nelly Min is a journalist at the China Daily Website.)
双语资讯
(Agencies)
在西班牙举行的西红柿食物大战
西班牙东部的布诺市长广场上人山人海,4万多名喝得醉醺醺的男人和女人聚集在那里,许多人脱掉了衬衫,只戴着泳镜来遮挡刺目的西红柿汁液。
有些人在四周楼房的阳台上观看这场大赛,有些人还向楼下边唱边跳的食物大战者扔西红柿。这些食物大战者就像红地毯一般覆盖了整个广场。
【西班牙掀西红柿大战 砸掉120吨西红柿】相关文章:
最新
2020-09-15
2020-09-15
2020-09-15
2020-09-15
2020-09-15
2020-09-15