Some Tips and Norms to enjoy La Tomatina™

• Wear clothes that later you throw away as you will never get it clean again!
• Make sure you take a change of clothes for the return journey – there are some public showers at the venue. You can either throw your clothes away or bring a plastic bag with you if you want to keep it as a souvenir.
• Bring goggles (or protect your eyes but don´t wear glasses). Tomato on your eye can be really acid!
• Wear shoes that have a decent grip.

These senses of civic responsibility and cohabitation rules are necessary to carry the event, so there will not be any incident:

• You must not take any bottles or any kind of object that could cause any incident.
• You must not tear T-shirts
• Tomatoes will be squashed before they will be thrown in order not to hurt any person
• Be careful with Lorries going through the venue
• After the second hooter, tomatoes will stop being thrown
• Try to have as much fun as you can but observe the rules and respect the people.
• There has not been any incident during La Tomatina™ and we would like to keep it that way so people could enjoy

This is a war were there are expected to be no winners, but where all have fun. The attire is simple: COME DRESSED TO WEAR TOMATO JUICE!! Just grab those tomatoes and throw them at anyone that runs, moves, stays stills, bends down, or turns around (that just about covers it).

But as in all games this carries its rules: You may ONLY use tomatoes, and you are to squish them before slugging them. Bottles, water bombs and the like are totally forbidden as it is to rip other's clothes

Major Attractions of the Event

DJ Emily Scott

At the age of 11 Emily started her first music radio station with her little brother, produced in her bedroom, with a mic and a Boombox, this was a sign of things to come. Known most for her title as one of the sexiest women in the world, Emily Scott has quickly become just as known for filling clubs and keeping the dance floor packed. "My happiest memories as a child are always centred around the music that was being played, I love, and am inspired by music of all genres." Emily was hired as a lighting technician at Quest (one of Australia's biggest House venues) in 2002, and she admits that this was a pivotal moment for her. "I fell head over heels for house music". An innate sense of when to build tension and when to hold it and a sixth sense for what the dancefloor needs are skills that were honed to perfection during this time. . With these refined, Emily made the progression into Djing; "I love the energy of Dance music, it's effect on the dance floor, the uncontrollable, hypnotic need to dance".For more information on DJ Emily Scott Click Here

DJ Ivan

DJ Ivan is one of Bangalore's (India) foremost prime DJ, is unquestionably one of the pioneers of excellent music and entertainment today. Ivan's versatility in various music genres has always created an ambience of taste, talent and celebration for all music lovers. It is DJ Ivan's passion, originality & individuality that set him apart from the world. It is not only his music that stands in the foreground, but also the integration of strong words and images – always different and mystical, against the current and diverse in terms of "Style". DJ Ivan's talent isn't confined to the decks, he is well known for his music acumen which has secured him the position of a notable DJ over the years.For more information on DJ Ivan Click Here

DJ Ma Faiza

Ma Faiza is fiercely passionate about Electronic Music. With more than a decade under her belt devoted to the development of the Indian EDM scene, she continues to blur the lines by refusing to be limited by style or tempo. Her varied, feminine sound encompasses many different genres of EDM, from full-on melodic psytrance, progressive daytime grooves, dirty electro, cool minimal to also ethnic, organic and harmonic global inspired beats and blissfully enticing chillout sets. The common factor is she plays fun, sexy, uplifting and positive music that just makes you smile and feel good.For more information on DJ Ma Faiza Click Here

DJ Sunny Zahir

From the strat DJ Sunny Zahir(and his egos; Roxy, g-club, beldih, HiNT, ice sutra etc) has produced a variety of sounds at a level that only most produsers can dream of, combining of funky house, electro house, prograssive house, techno house and bollywood remixes and also not forget his fantastics selection of collaboration, with many famous dj's. DJ Sunny Zahir DJing experiences inspired bangalore No1 Club @ HiNT, taking clubbing on the next level, Amazing Party Weather and offering the ultimate experience. DJ Sunny Zahir approaches the most exciting timeof his career and having already achived so much in a relatively short period of time, its easy to see where this man is heading.For more information on DJ Sunny Zahir Click Here

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It all started on the last Wednesday of August 1945, when the young people of that time were in the village square, where the "Tomatina™" is celebrated. As the local authorities and the music band were parading during a festival of "giants and big-headeds", a group of these young people who wanted to participate in the festival pushed the other young people who were wearing costumes. One of the young people fell on the floor, and when he got up he started to hit everyone there, so everybody started fighting. Nearby there was a vegetable market stall in the street with the boxes of vegetables ready to be sold. The young people started to throw tomatoes to each other until the police took control and stopped that "battle" and ordered the responsible party to pay for the damages. The following year, the young people of the village repeated the "battle" but they brought their own tomatoes from home. Again this was broken up by the local police. After repeating the same celebration during consecutive years, the festival was non-officially established. These people did not imagine that they had established a tradition that would grow year by year.

Till date No one is completely certain how this event originated. Possible theories on how the Tomatina™ began include a local food fight among friends, a juvenile class war, a volley of tomatoes from bystanders at a carnival parade, a practical joke on a bad musician, the anarchic aftermath of an accidental lorry spillage. One of the most popular theories is that disgruntled townspeople attacked city councilmen with tomatoes during a town celebration. Whatever happened to begin the tradition, it was enjoyed so much that it was repeated the next year, and the year after that, and so on. The holiday was banned during the Spanish State period under Francisco Franco for having no religious significance, but returned in the 1970s after his demise.

In the beginning of the fifties the festival was forbidden by the City Hall of Buñol. But it did not stop some people from repeating the event and they were imprisoned. The village asked for the festival to be allowed and they insisted so much that finally the local authorities agreed to allow it. Each year there were more and more people participating in the festival, they had their pockets full of tomatos and they were ready to throw water to each other, to jump in the fountains and to participate in other 'loutish acts'. The problem was that this battle also involved the people who were only interested in watching and sometimes there were important people being 'attacked'. So the festival was forbidden again.

In 1955 and as a protest the people celebrated 'the tomato funeral', a big demonstration where the villagers carried a coffin with a big tomato inside and they were accompanied by the band of music playing funeral marches. In 1957, the festival was definitely allowed and nowadays the City Hall organizes and promotes this festival which made them famous all over the world.

The festival became popular all over Spain due to the Javier Basilio's report, broadcasted in the TV program Informe Semanal. Since 1980, the City Hall supplies the people with the tomatoes, and every year more and more tons of tomatoes are used, also there are more and more visitors.

On the 27 August 2002, the General Tourism Office awarded the Tomatina™ of Buñol with the title of <Festival of International Tourist Interest>.