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 Some 30,000 people filled the streets of Bunol on Wednesday to hurl 120 tons of tomatoes at each other, the mayor's office said, in the traditional Tomatina de Bunol festival.
The festival dates back to a street fight in 1945 and is celebrated every August when the town's 10,000 residents and around 20,000 visitors descend on Bunol to throw tons of ripe fruit at each other.
Most of those taking part in the organized chaos come prepared in swimwear, with some donning diving goggles and bathing caps before six trucks drive through the town's streets pouring their cargo of ripe fruit onto the town's streets.
After the festivities, residents and sticky combatants joined local authorities to give the streets a thorough hosedown.
(Agencies)
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據西班牙布諾(Bunol)鎮鎮長稱，該鎮約有3萬人涌上街頭參加8月22日西班牙傳統的西紅柿狂歡節，人們互相投擲熟透了的西紅柿，他們所用的西紅柿總重量達120噸。
西班牙的西紅柿狂歡節起源于1945年布諾的一次街頭斗毆。此后，每年八月的這個時候，該鎮的1萬名居民以及大約2萬名游客就會涌上街頭，互相投擲熟透的西紅柿，歡度西紅柿狂歡節。
 絕大多數狂歡節參加者在活動之前都會穿上泳衣，戴上潛水鏡和浴帽。投擲開始前，六輛滿載西紅柿的卡車會將熟透的西紅柿傾倒在布諾的街道上供人們狂歡。
狂歡結束后，布諾居民和渾身粘呼呼的"西紅柿斗士"們一起加入了布諾鎮的街道清潔工作。
(中國日報網站譯)
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Updated: 2001-08-24 01:00
