西红柿节

1.Yes！It‘s the Tomato Carnival !

It is perhaps the largest food fight in the world.

Tomato Carnival is held on the last Wednesday of August each year since 1945.

In 2002, the Tomato Carnival in Bunol w as recognized as Spain's National Cultural Heritage by the Spanish government.

2. It is said that, one day ,a small band were playing the trumpet from downtow n to the streets, the leader held the trumpet up to sky. Suddenly, there were some youngsters starting to throw tomatoes to the trumpet, wondering who can right achieve to hit the spot. This is the origin of Tomato Fight. Tomato Carnival which alw ays lasts one w eek is a w orld-know n traditional carnival in Spain.

3. Every August thousands of Spaniards take part. By 11 am, Truckloads of tomatoes are dumped and dumped in the city centre. Everyone’s inhibitions are loosened and five huge tomato filled rockets are sent into the skies above the town. From this point every man, woman and child for themselves as the event turns into a tomato slinging war. Tens of thousands of people stripped off their shirts and hurled tons of ripe, juicy tomatoes at each other in the annual Tomatina food fight, creating knee-deep rivers of tomato sauce on the streets of this

Spanish town. But the only rule is that the tomato must be fattened before throw away and you are not allowed to throw anything other than tomatoes.

4. On the Carnival each year, tourists all over the w orld came to gather in the tow n, celebrating the unique carnival with local residents. Tomato brings people happiness of harvest as w ell as of carnival.

5.With the signal of ending, the exciting fight winds up people’s laughter. Meanw hile, the residents and the volunteers go to another battle----clean the streets. One hour later, they recover their tidiness and peace as usual.