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La Tomatina is a food fight festival held on the last Wednesday of August each year in the town of Buñol in the Valencia region of Spain. This year tens of thousands of revellers from around the world pelted each other with ammunition from a pile of 150,000 ripe tomatoes in a food fight for charity. La Tomatina en Reno began at 3 p.m. Sunday, lasting about 30 minutes and sparing no one in the City Plaza area. The participants, who each paid $10 and signed a waiver,wore a variety of costumes and protection.

"There was just a huge pile of tomatoes, and we just dove right into the center," said Victoria Sanderson, 18, a student at the University of Nvada, Reno. The festival frenzy drew thousands of people raising an estimated $20,000 for the American Cancer Society.

The festival is taking place since 1945 and has become one of the much awaited event of the year. thr origin of the festival is still mystery, some people believe it started as a food fight in the group of friends which turned into the huge festival. Another popular theory is that on this day people of Bunol attacked the councilmen with the tomatoes, since then it has become the tradition. It takes place on the last Wednesday of every August. Tens of metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes are thrown at each other in the streets during this day. The week-long festival features music, parades, dancing, and fireworks among other things. On the night before, participants of the festival compete in a paella cooking contest. It's estimated, up to 500,000 tourists come to the town each year to throw tomatoes for a week.