A sign of the (financial) times

The annual ‘Tomatina’ festival took place on Wednesday in the town of Buñol, Valencia, with 20,000 people hurling over-ripe tomatoes at each other for an hour before being hosed down, although this year they dad to pay.

La Tomatina 2009

Around 40,000 people attended this year’s ‘La Tomatina’ festival in Buñol, hurling 100,000 kilos of (rotten) tomatoes at each other.

40,000 attend ‘La Tomatina’ in Buñol

Around 40,000 people attended the ‘La Tomatina’ (tomato fight) in Buñol yesterday and in the one hour managed to hurl 120,000 kilos of tomatoes at each other. Those attending came from as far afield as Japan and the USA.