Spanish annual tomato fight paints town red
2008-08-28 03:39:17 GMT2008-08-28 11:39:17 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English
Revellers fight with tomato pulp during the annual "Tomatina" (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia, Aug. 27, 2008. 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. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
A reveller poses in tomato pulp during the annual "Tomatina" (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia, Aug. 27, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
Revellers pose in tomato pulp during the annual "Tomatina" (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia, Aug. 27, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
Revellers fight with tomato pulp during the annual "Tomatina" (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia, Aug. 27, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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.
