mercoledì 27 agosto 2008

The Tomatina in Bunol, Spain


This is not blood, dont worry. It is a traditional battle that happen every year, in the last Wednesday of August in Bunol. Spain. This year 40.000 people attended the battle and they used around 110 tons of tomatoes in a few hours.
Now: I do know that this can sound expected, but dont they have a better way to use 110 tons of tomatoes? I dont want to say they can give them away for charity, but cant they make hundreds of liters of Gazpacho and then give it away for free to everybody?
Apart from the waste of the vegetable, can you imagine the damage that a town can suffer from such a fight? Everywhere will be dirty and red and who is going to pay for all that mess?
Ok, ok, this is not that different from the Oranges battle Italians are fighting during Carnival in Ivrea, but why for? Can people think about a smarter way to have fun than wasting food?

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