La Tomatina is an annual food fight festival held in Bunol, Spain on the last Wednesday of August. The festival originated from possible events like a food fight among friends or protesters attacking officials with tomatoes. For a week, the town holds music, dancing, fireworks and a paella contest leading up to the main event. On the day of the food fight, participants dress up and throw overripe tomatoes at each other for an hour. While all ages can participate, those over 18 are advised due to safety. The town provides tomatoes and the public also brings their own to throw during the mass tomato battle.

1. La Tomatina Script – International Festival<br />Sara: The international festival that we have chosen is La Tomatina.<br />Zahra: La Tomatina is a food fight festival held on the last Wednesday of august each year in the town of Bunol near to Valencia in Spain.<br />Sara: The artistic policy of the festival<br />No one is completely certain about how this festival originated, possible theories are: a local food fight among friends, a practical joke on a bad musician, an accidental lorry spillage, and the most famous reason, when the town’s people attacked the city council men with tomatoes during a town celebration. The whole point is to bring people together and have fun.<br />Zahra: The programme content<br />The week-long festival features music parades dancing and fireworks, a paella contest the night before; also there is a precession before the food fight, where everyone dresses up.<br />Sara: Target audience<br />There are no restrictions on who is allowed to participate, although over 18s are advised mostly due to safety reasons, over 18’s would enjoy and understand this experience better.<br />Zahra: How it is funded?<br />It is a public festival in which anyone is able to join so therefore no funding is needed, however a large amount of tomatoes are provided by the town and some are brought by the public themselves.<br />