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a Discuss the following questions with your

partner.
1 What do you think the people in the photos
are doing?
2 Would you like to be there and attend this their minds, so it was allowed again. With this,
festival? Why/ Why not? participants were given an atmosphere of festivity
one more time. However, the festival was going to be
called off again till 1957. To show that people were
b Read the text and try to guess the meanings of against its being cancelled, a protest was organised.
the highlighted words. They had a parade where people carried a coffin with

an extremely large tomato inside. Funeral marches
were played during that ceremony, which was a huge
success. La Tomatina finally became official festivity
Being one of the most well-known festivals, ‘La
Tomatina’ is held in the town of Buñol, Spain on the and this led to its nationwide popularity. The number
last Wednesday of August every year. Participants in of the participants kept increasing year by year. In
the festival throw tomatoes at each other and get 2002, La Tomatina of Buñol was declared Festivity of
into this tomato fight for pure entertainment. International Tourist Interest due to its success.
How It Started What Happens at La Tomatina

The festival is believed to date back to 1945, but Tomato trucks play an important role in La
nobody has correct information on its origins. That’s Tomatina; they arrive in the centre of the town
why; there are a lot of rumours about how it actually nearly one hour before noon. The arrival of tomatoes
began. Some people say it started as a local food fight isn’t enough for the festival to be started because
among friends, while others claim that a market stall one of the participants has to climb to the top of a
of vegetables fell victim to bystanders at a carnival high greasy wooden pole and reach the prize. After
parade. As a result of the chaos during the parade, that, water cannons are fired, and the chaos begins.
those bystanders started to hit each other with The big tomato fight ends after an hour and when
tomatoes until the battle was wound up by the police the fight ends, tomatoes cannot be thrown at others
forces. The second theory is accepted by many people any more. The surroundings are cleaned by the fire
to be the fact. trucks, which spray down the streets. The buildings
nearly have no stain since they are covered with blue
How It Became an Official Tradition
cloths.
The following year, in 1946, a quarrel was picked by
some young boys who brought their tomatoes from When Is the Next La Tomatina?
home. By doing so, those boys had made history Ever since its being official, La Tomatina has always
having no idea about what they were starting. After been held on the last Wednesday of August and it
that event, the tomato fight was repeated on the has never been put off. That’s why; one can easily say
same day on a yearly basis. La Tomatina was banned that it will be held at that time again this year.
by the local officials in the early 1950s and participants If you are interested in the festival, you should book
were arrested, but it was not a problem for them. your tickets beforehand and you are free to choose
They even seemed happy to run into such a difficulty. a tour that you can afford. There are both expensive
All these things couldn’t stop people from speaking and budget-friendly options.

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