Can you imagine the result of thousands of people throwing tons of tomatoes at another?Each year,on the last Wednesday of August,over 3000 people come to ,a small town near Valencia,Spain,to take part in the Tomatina.It all started when unhappy citizens threw tomatoes at council members.
Today it is actually the city council that organizes this messy battle.Trucks unload their cargo of ripe tomatoes in the center of town.Excited crowds grab the tomatoes,and the fight begins.Soon the wall of houses are covered in red, and participants are knee-deep in tomato juice.The fight lasts for one hour,after which people head for the river to wash