| Thousands in Spain for Tomato-Throwing Festival Andrea Lilly - ITN | |
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Tomatina in Bunol: Annual tomato throwing fight takes place in Spain. Report by Andrea Lilly (ITN/Turks Turk)
Thousands of people pelted each other with 130 tons of ripe tomatoes to celebrate the traditional tomato throwing festival in Bunol, Spain.
Around 20,000 people took part in the hour-long street fight known as the 'Tomatina'.
Participants from around the world jumped and fell around in the sea of red mush as they pelted each other with tomatoes, which are distributed to the crowds from loaded trucks.
Organisers said that people from around 60 countries gathered in Bunol's streets for the fight.
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