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//**Tomato Festival ​Where and when is the Tomato Festival? **//======

The Tomato Festival is held in the main central streets of Bunyol Spain
Bunyol is in a suburb near Valencia

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The tomato festival (La Tomatina) started on the last Wednesday of August 1945 when a parade with giant figure heads passed through the streets of Bunyol. ====== Some youngsters joined in the parade and accidentally knocked over the giant whose feet started swinging around at everyone around it. Then some of the youngsters grabbed some tomatoes from a nearby fruit stall, and started throwing them until the police arrived. The authorities first did their best to ban the fight, but in 1959 they started to get into the spirit of the event and it now is a special day!

Traditions of the Tomato Festival

The traditions of the festival is the just partying early on in the week and the actual day of the fight. Their isn't that many traditions for this celebration.

Rules of the festival

These rules were set by the Bunyol Council:


 * Don't tear t-shirts
 * Avoid the trucks carrying tomatoes while it's moving
 * It is illegal to bring bottles or any other objects that may cause a accident
 * Tomatoes must be crushed before thrown so they don't hurt anyone
 * You must stop throwing tomatoes as soon as the second siren is rung.

 Interesting Facts:


 * People wearing caps or carrying cameras are a big target for most people
 * Shopkeepers put up big plastic screens to protect their shops from tomatoes!
 * The Tomatina is the biggest tomato fight in the world

 My Inquiry Questions: * What traditions are there for this festival
 * When and where is the festival
 * What rules are their for this festival* What is the history behind this festival
 * How did this festival start