Imagine seeing red. Imagine seeing so much red you feel the urge to hurl soft, fleshy, round projectiles in someone's direction and hear the satisfying splat in their face. This summer, dispel that pent-up aggression in the little Spanish town of Bunol, 38 km west of Valencia, by joining tens of thousands in what has cheekily been billed as the world's biggest food fight. Here, on the last Wednesday of every August, the only rule is to let loose and paint the town red, with more than 125 tonnes of overripe tomatoes as your ammunition.
While today it is the biggest tomato battle, La Tomatina had its petty origins in 1945, when a brawl erupted between youth and townspeople during a festival parade. Since then, sleepy Bunol has found renewed energy in gunning up for these messy, explosive fights, with coincide with festivals celebrating their patron, Luis Bertran, and the Virgin Mary.
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