08/30/2006
Spain's Summer Tomato Warriors
Spaniards love group activities and gay marriage so it seems entirely reasonable that the "warriors" attending the annual La Tomatina would have no problem getting nearly naked and wrestling around in the end-of-summer pulpfest with forty-thousand of their closest friends.
"'Throwing tomatoes is 'wonderful for getting rid of stress,' said Pilar Garrigues, culture councillor in the eastern town of Bunol, where the festival known as La Tomatina started spontaneously six decades ago. Five lorries dumped more than 110 tons of mushy tomatoes in the town centre. By the time the one-hour battle was over, the streets were filled with tomato-covered participants ankle-deep in tomatoes between splattered houses. Partipants rushed to use the 500 showers prepared for the purpose.."
Forty thousand Spaniards attend giant tomato fight [monsters and critics]
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You just know them cute spanish boys had a gang bang after this.
Posted by: ho4mo | Aug 30, 2006 5:09:32 PM
Yet another reason to move to Spain.
Posted by: David | Aug 30, 2006 5:32:13 PM
That second photo is amazing. Yours, Andy?
Posted by: RSL | Aug 30, 2006 5:46:53 PM
This is hysterically funny and pretty sexy. Why can't we have something like this here in America?
Posted by: Michael | Aug 30, 2006 5:59:30 PM
The "Tomatina" only happens in a village of the South-East of Spain.
Posted by: Armel | Aug 30, 2006 6:40:31 PM
someone's gonna need a shout wipe
Posted by: willam | Aug 30, 2006 7:08:31 PM
I just keep thinking about how tomatoes are upwards of $3 per pound here in the states.
Posted by: sam | Aug 30, 2006 8:28:09 PM
yes it was sooo amaizing i've been there once
i liked it very very much but now THINGS have changed in my life
so i didnt go ....:) <<<<< and this the story of my life guys
Posted by: iker | Aug 30, 2006 8:29:11 PM
Anyone else disturbed by the waste of food?
Posted by: Bent Yellow Boy | Aug 30, 2006 9:25:45 PM
nope
Posted by: psmike | Aug 30, 2006 11:49:59 PM
I have always thought this a huge waste of time and food.
Posted by: xenos | Aug 31, 2006 2:05:50 AM
It actually reminds me of a scned from The Decent...it's gross!
Posted by: Wayne | Aug 31, 2006 8:10:10 AM
Artist Jeanne Dunning, inspired by the Spanish tomato fights, has staged one as an art work in San Francisco (as part of her residency at Capp St/CCA).
Dunning lives in Chicago, and her next tomato event will take place on September 23 at University of Chicago's Gallery 400. This is of course not on the same scale as the Spaniards' event, and the audience cannot participate, but we can watch.
Dunning also photographs the event and the aftermath of the fight. The fighters look like survivors of a massacre. Scary and funny at the same time. see you there!
Posted by: Jawson | Sep 1, 2006 1:14:39 PM