To partake in the time-honored tradition of La Tomatina, thousands of people gather in Buñol, Spain, on the last Wednesday in August — not to eat tomatoes, but to throw tomatoes.

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5 Famous Food Festivals Around the World

To partake in the time-honored tradition of La Tomatina, thousands of people gather in Buñol, Spain, on the last Wednesday in August — not to eat tomatoes, but to throw tomatoes.

Billed as the "world's largest food fight," the festival follows the same schedule every year. First, the crowd gathers as truckloads of tomatoes are offloaded in the town square. Then, a single brave soul climbs to the top of a greased-up wooden pole where a Spanish ham awaits. Once the ham is retrieved, water cannons are fired and the tomato throwing begins, lasting for exactly one hour.

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