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Who cast that first fateful tomato that started the La Tomatina revolution? The reality is no one knows. Maybe it was an anti-Franco rebellion, or a carnival that got out of hand. According to the most popular version of the story, during the 1945 festival of Los Gigantes (a giant paper mâché puppet parade), locals were looking to stage a brawl to get some attention. They happened upon a vegetable cart nearby and started hurling ripe tomatoes. Innocent onlookers got involved until the scene escalated into a massive melee of flying fruit. The instigators had to repay the tomato vendors, but that didn't stop the recurrence of more tomato fights—and the birth of a new tradition.

Fearful of an unruly escalation, authorities enacted, relaxed, and then reinstated a series of bans in the 1950s. In 1951, locals who defied the law were imprisoned until public outcry called for their release. The most famous effrontery to the tomato bans happened in 1957 when proponents held a mock tomato funeral complete with a coffin and procession. After 1957, the local government decided to roll with the punches, set a few rules in place, and embraced the wacky tradition.

Though the tomatoes take center stage, a week of festivities lead up to the final showdown. It's a celebration of Buñol's patron saints, the Virgin Mary and St. Louis Bertrand, with street parades, music, and fireworks in joyous Spanish fashion. To build up your strength for the impending brawl, an epic paella is served on the eve of the battle, showcasing an iconic Valencian dish of rice, seafood, saffron, and olive oil.

Today, this unfettered festival has some measure of order. Organizers have gone so far as to cultivate a special variety of unpalatable tomatoes just for the annual event. Festivities kick off around 10 a.m. when participants race to grab a ham fixed atop a greasy pole. Onlookers hose the scramblers with water while singing and dancing in the streets. When the church bell strikes noon, trucks packed with tomatoes roll into town, while chants of "To-ma-te, to-ma-te!" reach a crescendo.

Then, with the firing of a water cannon, the main event begins. That's the green light for crushing and launching tomatoes in all-out attacks against fellow participants. Long distance tomato lobbers, point-blank assassins, and medium range hook shots. Whatever your technique, by the time it's over, you will look (and feel) quite different. Nearly an hour later, tomato-soaked bombers are left to play in a sea of squishy street salsa with little left resembling a tomato to be found. A second cannon shot signals the end of the battle.

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Entry #20530 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Elena C
Elena C
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Entry3.603.80 (5 ratings)3.40 (5 ratings)
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durant la celebració d’una festa de gegants on desfilaven grans ninots de paper maixé
Flows well
Aïda Garcia Pons
Tement
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Aïda Garcia Pons
van fer i desfer un seguit de prohibicions més o menys severes al llarg de la dècada dels cinquanta.
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Molt ben d​it.
Aïda Garcia Pons
d’aquell any
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millor que​ l'origina​l ;) no ca​lia repeti​r 1957
Aïda Garcia Pons
Per carregar piles
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Aïda Garcia Pons
bord
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perfecte!
Aïda Garcia Pons
Entry #15782 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
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Entry3.433.14 (7 ratings)3.71 (7 ratings)
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transcendental
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Esperanza Vinagre Adán
La veritat és que ningú no ho sap.
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perfecte! ​(i doble n​egació i t​ot! Sembla​ que la ge​nt li ting​ui por...)
Aïda Garcia Pons
antifranquista
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Aïda Garcia Pons
se’ls va escapar de les mans
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Esperanza Vinagre Adán
Tot i que els tomàquets són l’atracció principal, una setmana de celebracions precedeix la batalla final.
Flows well
Aïda Garcia Pons
A fi d’
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Aïda Garcia Pons
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Entry3.423.50 (6 ratings)3.33 (6 ratings)
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desfilada de gegants
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Aïda Garcia Pons
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Verge dels Desemparats
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bona recer​ca
Aïda Garcia Pons
van en crescendo
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Aïda Garcia Pons
amb la descàrrega d'un canó d'aigua
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però alesh​ores més e​ndavant es​ podria di​r canonada​ (per no r​epetir "la​ descàrreg​a...")
Aïda Garcia Pons
tots contra tots
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Aïda Garcia Pons
salsa estovada al carrer
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Aïda Garcia Pons
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Entry3.002.86 (7 ratings)3.14 (7 ratings)
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van haver de compensar econòmicament
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Aïda Garcia Pons
Mare de Déu dels Desemparats
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bona recer​ca!
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Entry #19532 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Oriental
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Entry3.003.00 (4 ratings)3.00 (4 ratings)
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La veritat és que ningú no ho sap
Flows well
Aïda Garcia Pons
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eixam
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Elena C
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agafar el bou per les banyes,
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Elena C
Entry #20629 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Central
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Entry2.672.50 (6 ratings)2.83 (6 ratings)
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Ningú no sap qui va llançar el primer tomàquet que va iniciar la revolució de La Tomatina
Flows well
Molt bona ​idea, unir​ les dues ​frases de ​l'original​.
Aïda Garcia Pons
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Per por que no se n’anés de les mans
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m'agrada l​a construc​ció; bona ​idea desfe​r-se del p​articipi!
Aïda Garcia Pons
van decretar una sèrie de prohibicions que a principis dels anys 50 es van anar relaxant, i tornant a imposar al final de la dècada.
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Aïda Garcia Pons
en un tots contra tots
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m'agrada.
Aïda Garcia Pons
Sigui quina sigui la tècnica que s’empri, tothom acaba, i se sent, molt diferent de com comença.
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m'agrada m​és que el ​tu
Aïda Garcia Pons
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la dictadura franquista
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bona opció​ per l'"an​ti-Franco"
Aïda Garcia Pons
la cercavila de gegants
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perfecte!
Aïda Garcia Pons
però gràcies al clam popular van quedar en llibertat
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Ainhoa P.
fins que
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bona idea ​unir les d​ues frases​, sona més​ natural.
Aïda Garcia Pons
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canonada d’aigua
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Aïda Garcia Pons
en el qual s’ha convertit el carrer
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albertpg
albertpg
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