Google Doodles 70th anniversary of Spain's tomato-throwing festival

 

Celebrated in the Valencian town of Buñol, La Tomatina is arguably world’s largest food fight where people shower each other with tomatoes purely for fun.

On the last Wednesday of every August, trucks hauling thousands of pounds of tomatoes grown and harvested specifically for this day head for Plaza del Pueblo, the town square.

Before the tomato-throwing could begin, a Spanish ham is to be retrieved from the top of a greased pole at the square. Revellers must squash the tomatoes before throwing at others and participants wear protective eyewear to avoid injuries.

As the festival enters its 70th year, Doodler Nate Swinehart captures the innocuous chaos with an animated doodle that shows Google covered with tomatoes.