Revellers smash it up at La Tomatina

Revellers smash it up at La Tomatina

Tens of thousands of festival goers pelt tomatoes at each other in Spain's annual La Tomatina celebration

The town of Valencia has spent some 30,000 Euros on the fruit for the festival which attracted 22 thousand people this year. Each reveller paid 10 Euros to partake in the fruit throwing fun.

This enormous food fight began in 1945 somewhat accidentally when a group of men were excluded from summer celebrations and protested by throwing tomatoes.