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A reveller poses in tomato pulp during the annual "Tomatina" (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia, August 27, 2008. [Agencies] Click for more photos
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Tens of thousands of people from around the world hurled tons of ripe tomatoes at each other Wednesday in an annual food fight that leaves the eastern Spanish town of Bunol covered in red juice.
A rocket fired from the town hall was the cue for start of the event for which local authorities provided 120 tonnes of tomatoes.
Many revellers, including many from Britain, France, Germany, Russia and Asia, wore hard hats, goggles or protective plastic sheets.
Shopkeepers put up huge plastic covers on their storefronts to protect their properties from the sea of red mush.
An estimated 40,000 people took part in the event this year, more than four times the population of the town located in a fertile region some 40 kilometres north of the coastal city of Valencia, Spain's third-largest city.
Spain's Olympic men's water polo team, which finished in fifth place at the Games in China, were among the participants, according to the town council.
After a battle lasting about one hour, municipal workers and local residents used giant hoses to clear the streets of tomato pulp.
The participants meanwhile headed to a nearby river where hundreds of temporary showers were set up.
The "Tomatina" is held each year on the last Wednesday in August. The origins of the event are unclear although it is thought to have its roots in a food fight between childhood friends in the mid-1940s in Bunol.
(Agencies)
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一年一度的“西紅柿大戰(zhàn)”于本周三在西班牙東部小鎮(zhèn)布尼奧上演，來自世界各地的好幾萬人互相投擲熟透的西紅柿嬉戲狂歡，整個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)也被涂上了一層紅紅的番茄汁。
當(dāng)天，市政廳廣場(chǎng)放出一記禮炮，標(biāo)志著西紅柿狂歡節(jié)的開幕，當(dāng)?shù)卣畡t提供了120噸西紅柿“炮彈”。
前來參加狂歡節(jié)的人之中有不少來自英國(guó)、法國(guó)、德國(guó)、俄羅斯和亞洲等地，很多人戴著頭盔，護(hù)眼鏡或塑料擋板以保護(hù)自己免受傷害。
店鋪的老板們則在店面前掛上了大幅塑料布，以防這場(chǎng)“紅色戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)”殃及店里的貨物。
今年約有四萬人參加了“西紅柿大戰(zhàn)”，參與人數(shù)為當(dāng)?shù)厝丝诘乃谋抖唷２寄釆W小鎮(zhèn)所處之地肥沃富庶，這一地區(qū)位于西班牙第三大城市、重要港口巴倫西亞市以北約40公里處。
據(jù)鎮(zhèn)議會(huì)介紹，在北京奧運(yùn)會(huì)上獲得第五名的西班牙男子水球隊(duì)也參加了狂歡。
持續(xù)了約一小時(shí)的“西紅柿大戰(zhàn)”結(jié)束后，環(huán)衛(wèi)工人和當(dāng)?shù)鼐用裼么笏芮逑赐繚M厚厚番茄泥的街道。
而剛剛結(jié)束“紅色大戰(zhàn)”的人們則開往附近的一條河，那里臨時(shí)安裝了幾百個(gè)淋浴噴頭。
“西紅柿大戰(zhàn)”通常在每年8月份的最后一個(gè)周三舉行。這項(xiàng)活動(dòng)的起源尚不清楚，但傳說是起源于上世紀(jì)40年代中期當(dāng)?shù)睾⑼g用食物互相扔擲打鬧的習(xí)俗。
（英語點(diǎn)津姍姍編輯）
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