Overview

• Spain’s one-hour tomato fight filled Buñol’s streets on August 27 before a cannon shot signaled the end and crews hosed down the pulp as participants used communal showers.
• Organizers said the tomatoes were grown specifically for the event, did not meet food standards for consumption, and were sourced from Don Benito more than five hours away.
• Roughly 20,000 attendees packed the town of about 10,000 as trucks delivered the fruit and tarps shielded building fronts.
• Safety guidance required squashing tomatoes before throwing and banned hard objects or shirt tearing, with many participants opting for goggles and earplugs.
• Local residents, supported by a left-wing party, displayed Palestinian flags and a banner critical of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.