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Yes! !It‘s the

Tomato Carnival !

It is perhaps the largest food fight in the world.

Tomato Carnival is held on the last Wednesday of August each year since 1945.

It is said that, one day ,a small band were playing the trumpet from downtown to the streets, the leader held the trumpet up to sky. Suddenly, there were some youngersters starting to throw tomatoes to the trumpet, wondering who can right achieve to hit the spot. This is the origin of Tomato Fight. Tomato Carnival which always lasts one week is a world-known traditional carnival in Spain like Encierro(奔 奔 牛节). 牛节

Tens of thousands of people stripped off their shirts and hurled tons of ripe, juicy tomatoes at each other in the annual Tomatina food fight, creating knee-deep rivers of tomato sauce on the streets of this Spanish town.

成千上万的人脱掉自己的衬衫，奋力把一吨 吨透熟多汁的西红柿掷向其他人，很快西红 柿汁就在小镇的街道上形成了一条条没过膝 盖的河流。这就是西班牙的小镇上一年一度 的西红柿狂欢节。

On the Carnival each year, tourists all over the world came to gather in the town, celebrating the unique carnival with local residents. Tomato brings people happiness of harvest as well as of carnival.

With the signal of ending,the exciting fight winds up people’s laughter.Meanwhile,the residents and the voluneers go to another battle----clean the streets.One hour later, they recover their tidiness and peace as usual.

In 2002, the Tomato Carnival in Buniaor was recognized as Spain's National Cultural Heritage by the Spanish government.

If you want to know more about Tomatina ,click on http:///program/fhdsy/ 200901/0123_1720_982333.shtml Here is a prediction concerning Tomato Carnival.

Speaker:Zhang Xiuting : Consultant:Chen Chenxia & Liang Yuming : Technical assistance:Wei Shuhui & Lin Chao :