History of Tamatina
　

The origin of this festival has various theories. It is said that Tomatina has been a strong tradition in Buñol since 1944 or 1945, but no one knows completely how this event originated and became a large holiday. Therefore, I want to introduce a typical theory to everyone.

It is said that Tomatina started from the young person’s fight. A group of young people began to throw tomatoes from a near vegetables stall to their enemies. At that time, policeman put down a disturbance. But same day in August next year, same people gathered, and the fight started again.

At the beginning of 1950’s, Buñol city office banned the event. But it didn’t stop. Therefore, some people were arrested, other were confined to barracks. But arrested people were released because local people terribly opposed it. Then Buñol city office accepted demands of local people and allowed to celebrate the event under some rules Buñol city office made. In 1980’s, Buñol city office began to manage the event. After that, the number of people who participate in the event and amount of tomato have increased. In this way, the event became a worldwide festival is known as tomato festival.