The Tomato Festival in Spain
Although the Tomato Festival in Bunol,Valencia has no religious connections and was only started in 1945 this festival along with the Pamplona Bull Run is one of Spain’s most famous and well known festival.
The Festival La Tomatina is one huge tomato fight and each year around 30,000 people turn up to take part.
In the morning when everyone turns up and dines on a breakfast of Chorizo and Rose wine.
By 11a.m.in the morning everyone’s inhibitions (压抑) are loosened and five huge tomato filled rockets are sent into the skies above the town.
From this point it is every man,woman and child for themselves as the event turns into a tomato slinging (投掷) war.Everyone is supposed to adhere (坚持) to a small number of rules:You must squash (压烂) the tomato before throwing it and you are not allowed to throw anything other than tomatoes.
Each year the Tomatoes throwing Festival last for around two hours and in total some 125,000 kilos of tomatoes are squashed and thrown.
The festival also brings out a good community spirit where everyone involves helps out with the cleaning up and hosing down.
La Tomatina Festival,The Tomato throwing Festival,is held on the last Saturday of August every year and has been a regular event since 1945.
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Bunol 布尼奥尔镇 Valencia 巴伦西亚 Pamplona 潘普洛纳市
La Tomatina 番茄大战 chorizo辣椒大蒜猪肉香肠
bull 公牛 dine 用餐 hose 用水管冲洗
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番茄大战是西班牙巴伦西亚自治区布尼奥尔镇在每年8月的最后一个星期三举行的节日.数以万计的参与者从世界各地赶来,在大街上投掷超过100吨熟透多汁的番茄.这已经成为布尼奥尔镇牢固的传统和城市特色.
番茄大战西红柿大战约有30000人参加,数倍于布尼奥尔正常人口9000人.街道两旁的商店在番茄大战前紧闭门窗,并用塑料布遮盖,以免在大战中被弄脏.
番茄大战在上午9时拉开序幕.在街上,人们竖起一个高高的涂有油脂的木杆,在杆子的顶端放置一块火腿,只要当有人爬到顶端并把火腿拿下来时,番茄大战才开始.人们会争相恐后,爬到别人的头顶上,争取抢到火腿,但由于木杆涂有油脂,人们又会滑下来.当火腿被拿到后,番茄大战就开始了.
上午11点,几辆满载番茄的大卡车来到镇中心的人民广场并倾倒在街道旁,作为大战的弹药.这些番茄来自更便宜的埃斯特雷马杜拉.一声冲天炮发出了开始的信号,随后混乱就开始了.一旦番茄大战开始,每个人就各自为战.大约两个小时后,当冲天炮再一次响起,所有人都停下来了,否则会按照规则处以罚款.
大战结束时街道成为了番茄酱的河流,整个小镇充斥着番茄的果皮,果肉,果汁和种子,人们浑身上下都沾满了番茄酱,衣服几乎都被染成了红色,有的甚至躺在番茄酱中,而此时也几乎找不到完整的番茄了.
随后,狂欢者会拥向附近的河旁的公共淋浴间,穿著衣服冲洗掉身上的番茄酱.同时,清扫过程也开始了,清扫动用了消防车,从消防龙头喷出的高压水柱将街道清洗干净,很快小镇就恢复了往日的平静,商店、酒吧、餐馆都又开门迎客.