The
Colombian town, which is located in the country's Boyaca state, has
played host to the annual Tomatina festival for the past nine years. And
the one on Sunday was just as messy as ever.
Classified
as the region with the highest amount of tomato production in all of
Latin America, many residents and visitors look forward to hurling
tonnes of the overripe fruit at each other every spring.
Though
tomato throwing is the highlight of the three-day celebration, other
events include a contest to find the largest tomato and a tomato-eating
race.
In past years, some 20,000 people have attended the festival, which takes place 75 miles northeast of Bogota.
The central city's annual celebration is inspired by a festival of the same name in the town of Bunol near Valencia, Spain.
Last
year, 125 tonnes over overripe tomatoes were hurled throughout the
Spanish streets by 22,000 participants, many of whom had travelled from
abroad to be there.
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