La Tomatina - Tomato Throwing Festival

La Tomatina is a Spanish festival where people throw tomatoes and friendly fight with each other. It always have been celebrated on the last Wednesday of august, during the days of festivities of Buñol. Many people came from foreign country for celebrating the the tomato throwing fight with their friends. Tons of tomatoes are use for celebrating tomatina festival carried through large trucks.

It quiet interesting because of throwing tomatoes on your close one's. But it have certain rules. It was derived for protect people from injuries and unnecessary wound. There will be a ambulance parked near to the event happening place for emergency. In karnataka state of India, a private organization planned to do tomatina festival but government not given permission for it.



Here are the rules of La Tomatina:
1.The tomatoes have to be squashed before throwing to avoid injuries.
2.No other projectiles except tomatoes are allowed.
3.Participants have to give way to the truck and lorries.
4.The festival doesn't allow ripping off T-shirts.
5.After the second shot indicative of ending the tomato hurl, no tomatoes should be thrown.










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