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 Some 30,000 people filled the streets of Bunol on Wednesday to hurl 120 tons of tomatoes at each other, the mayor's office said, in the traditional Tomatina de Bunol festival.
The festival dates back to a street fight in 1945 and is celebrated every August when the town's 10,000 residents and around 20,000 visitors descend on Bunol to throw tons of ripe fruit at each other.
Most of those taking part in the organized chaos come prepared in swimwear, with some donning diving goggles and bathing caps before six trucks drive through the town's streets pouring their cargo of ripe fruit onto the town's streets.
After the festivities, residents and sticky combatants joined local authorities to give the streets a thorough hosedown.
(Agencies)
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据西班牙布诺(Bunol)镇镇长称，该镇约有3万人涌上街头参加8月22日西班牙传统的西红柿狂欢节，人们互相投掷熟透了的西红柿，他们所用的西红柿总重量达120吨。
西班牙的西红柿狂欢节起源于1945年布诺的一次街头斗殴。此后，每年八月的这个时候，该镇的1万名居民以及大约2万名游客就会涌上街头，互相投掷熟透的西红柿，欢度西红柿狂欢节。
 绝大多数狂欢节参加者在活动之前都会穿上泳衣，戴上潜水镜和浴帽。投掷开始前，六辆满载西红柿的卡车会将熟透的西红柿倾倒在布诺的街道上供人们狂欢。
狂欢结束后，布诺居民和浑身粘呼呼的"西红柿斗士"们一起加入了布诺镇的街道清洁工作。
(中国日报网站译)
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Updated: 2001-08-24 01:00
