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Spain's Madcap Tomato Festival, La Tomatina

the origin of the tomato fight is disputed - everyone in Bunol seems to have a favourite story - but most agree it started around 1940, in the early years of the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco.
Heino Kalis / reuters

The Rain in Spain
The tomato fight sends knee-deep rivers of tomato pulp through the town.

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