Tomatina, a particular traditional festival

The origin of this festival goes back to an argument which has occurred last Wednesday of August 1945 on the place of Buñol during which people started to launch out tomatos. The following year, of the young people started again, a voluntary way this time, the event which entered the history then. This festival was prohibited on several occasions before being definitively authorized in 1957 and then organized by the town hall of the city.
The rules of Tomatina are simple:
• The bottles are prohibited like any object which can cause an accident.
• It is interdict to tear and of launching tee-shirts.
• The tomatos must be crushed before being launched not to wound anybody.
• It is necessary to pay attention at the time of the passage of the trucks which pour tomatos.
• With the second detonation, the battle must be stopped.

At 11 a.m. specifies, the Tomato cries “, tomato, tomato” announce the beginning of the festivities and a bomb of water is launched in the air to announce the beginning of the hostilities. This signal, the trucks charged with damaged tomatos which cannot be proposed with the sale advance in procession at the rate/rhythm of the blows of horn. Those which are climbed in the trailer start to launch first tomatos. Finally, the vehicle stops and releases its loading: crowd launches out then to supply itself out of tomatos, and in a few seconds, the places are tinted of red. One hour later, at midday crushes, resounds the second detonation which puts an end to the battle. Then lasts it task comes to clean with the water jet the courageous participants who think already of next Tomatina, as well as the scene of the battle which finds its aspect of every day quickly.
Buñol is located at the west of the province of Valence. This small town is universally known for these traditional festivals, but also because of a great number of tourist attractions such its ecological gastronomy and its landscapes which make of them a high place of excursion and rest.
During your visit of Buñol, it is recommended to visit the cave Cueva Turche and that of Cueva of mow Palomas, Fuente (Fountain) of San Luis, Puente Natural (Natural Bridge), Rio (River) Juanes, the Archaeological Museum or its medieval castle of XIIIème century. Moreover, this locality counts on 11 parks and gardens which gave him the name of “Valencian Switzerland”.
During your holidays in Spain or on the Costa of Valencia, if you project to go in the province of Valence, a stay with Buñol thus seems impossible to circumvent…