120 tons of tomatoes: Tomatina festival holds in Spain (spectacular images)

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Some 15,000 individuals, together with many vacationers, pasted one another with tomatoes Wednesday as Spain’s annual “Tomatina” avenue battle occurred in the japanese city of Buñol.

Workers on vans tipped 120 tons of overripe tomatoes into the principle avenue of the city for individuals to throw.

Revellers throw tomatoes at each other during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. Thousands gather in this eastern Spanish town for the annual street tomato battle that leaves the streets and participants drenched in red pulp from 120,000 kilos of tomatoes. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
Revellers throw tomatoes at one another through the annual “Tomatina” tomato struggle fiesta, in the village of Bunol close to Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
A woman reacts during the annual tomato fight fiesta called" Tomatina" in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. Thousands gather in this eastern Spanish town for the annual street tomato battle that leaves the streets and participants drenched in red pulp from 120,000 kilos of tomatoes. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
A girl reacts through the annual tomato struggle fiesta referred to as” Tomatina” in the village of Bunol close to Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. Thousands collect in this japanese Spanish city for the annual avenue tomato battle that leaves the streets and individuals drenched in crimson pulp from 120,000 kilos of tomatoes. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)

The avenue struggle leaves each the road, its homes and individuals drenched in crimson pulp.

Tickets for the festival begin at 12 euros ($13).

The city hoses down the world and the revelers bathe off inside minutes of the hourlong midday battle ending.

The festival, held on the final Wednesday of August, was impressed by a meals struggle between native kids in 1945 in the city, situated in a tomato-producing area.

Media consideration in the Nineteen Eighties turned it right into a nationwide and worldwide occasion, drawing individuals from each nook of the world.

Participants use swimming goggles to guard their eyes and normally costume in T-shirts and shorts.

The get together is ranked by Spain as a global tourism attraction.

Revellers throw tomatoes at each other during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. Thousands gather in this eastern Spanish town for the annual street tomato battle that leaves the streets and participants drenched in red pulp from 120,000 kilos of tomatoes. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
Revellers throw tomatoes at one another through the annual “Tomatina” tomato struggle fiesta, in the village of Bunol close to Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
Revellers throw tomatoes at each other during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. Thousands gather in this eastern Spanish town for the annual street tomato battle that leaves the streets and participants drenched in red pulp from 120,000 kilos of tomatoes. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
Revellers throw tomatoes at one another through the annual “Tomatina” tomato struggle fiesta, in the village of Bunol close to Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
Revellers throw tomatoes at each other during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. Thousands gather in this eastern Spanish town for the annual street tomato battle that leaves the streets and participants drenched in red pulp from 120,000 kilos of tomatoes. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
Revellers throw tomatoes at one another through the annual “Tomatina” tomato struggle fiesta, in the village of Bunol close to Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
Women react as they throw tomatoes at each other during the annual "Tomatina", tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. Thousands gather in this eastern Spanish town for the annual street tomato battle that leaves the streets and participants drenched in red pulp from 120,000 kilos of tomatoes. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
Women react as they throw tomatoes at one another through the annual “Tomatina”, tomato struggle fiesta, in the village of Bunol close to Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
People react during the annual tomato fight fiesta called" Tomatina" in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. Thousands gather in this eastern Spanish town for the annual street tomato battle that leaves the streets and participants drenched in red pulp from 120,000 kilos of tomatoes. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
People react through the annual tomato struggle fiesta referred to as” Tomatina” in the village of Bunol close to Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)

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