The Tomato Festival in Spain介绍西班牙的这个狂欢节．举办时间：每年8月的最后一个星期三举办地点：以农产品著称的西班牙布尼奥尔镇广场节日渊源：它是西班牙一年一度的民间传统节日,源自

The Tomato Festival in Spain介绍西班牙的这个狂欢节．举办时间：每年8月的最后一个星期三举办地点：以农产品著称的西班牙布尼奥尔镇广场节日渊源：它是西班牙一年一度的民间传统节日,源自
The Tomato Festival in Spain
介绍西班牙的这个狂欢节．
举办时间：每年8月的最后一个星期三
举办地点：以农产品著称的西班牙布尼奥尔镇广场
节日渊源：它是西班牙一年一度的民间传统节日,源自上世纪四十年代许多 年轻人发动的一场互相投诈掷食物的大战．
节日内容：节日当天,成千上万的当地居民聚集在布尼奥尔广场上,奋力把 熟透多汁的西红市掷向其他人．很快,人们的身体和欢笑声都淹 没在西红市红色的海洋之中．该节日吸引了许多国外的游客．活 动持续约一小时,随后人们到河边清洗．

The Tomato Festival in Spain介绍西班牙的这个狂欢节．举办时间：每年8月的最后一个星期三举办地点：以农产品著称的西班牙布尼奥尔镇广场节日渊源：它是西班牙一年一度的民间传统节日,源自
Spain's Great Tomato War
It is perhaps the largest food fight in the world.Every year in the tiny town of Buñol,Spain,locals and tourists engage in pitched battle using close to 150,000 kilograms of tomatoes.The tradition has been going on for over 60 years,but no one seems to know how or why it got its start.
It's one of those childish impulses most of us know well.Faced with a plate full of food in a room full of people,it's hard not to indulge in fantasies of throwing your dinner at those seated around you.Indeed,the good old school cafeteria food fight is high on the list of pleasant childhood memories for many.
As it happens,though,there are a number of places in Europe where you don't have to restrain yourself should the urge to throw some groceries come upon you.From Spain to Greece to Italy to Berlin,food fights have become something of an annual ritual,all in the name of tradition,of course.As part of our ongoing series on weird European traditions,SPIEGEL ONLINE plans to bring you up to date in the next month on the most outrageous of the continent's food fights.
The largest and best known,of course,is the vast tomato war fought in the tiny Spanish town of Buñol,located not far from València.Every year,on the last Wednesday in August,thousands of locals and tourists pile into the narrow town square,the Plaza del Pueblo,well before noon to wait for the first of the trucks laden with overripe tomatoes to arrive.Right at midday,a rocket marks the start of battle,the first load of juicy ammunition is poured into the square,and the sky turns dark with vegetal projectiles.