La Tomatina is a food fight festival which is held every August
in the town of Bunol. There are several stories about how the
festival started, which range from pranks among children to people
expressing their disappointment with the government. In the past,
La Tomatina had more than 50,000 attendees, but in more recent
years the government introduced a ticket system in order to keep
the number of participants at or below 20,000. During the hour-long
battle, participants fight with over 100 tons of tomatoes.