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August: Tomato throwing festival of Italy

This is held in end August in the city of Buñol near Valencia. It is a weeklong festival and the highlight is the tomato fight. It is scheduled in the afternoon between 11am and 1pm and thousands of people participate. They gather in the small village which has a population of around 9000. This swells to nearly 30,000 on the day of La Tomatina.