MAD SPANISH! Surely the worlds' biggest food-fight: every year around 30,000 people descend on the Spanish town of Buñol (in the Valencia region of Spain) to throw more than 240,000 pounds of tomatoes at each other.

The festival on the last Wednesday of August is called 'the Tomatina' and is basically a town-wide tomato fight. It is thought the tradition began in 1945 when a fight erupted among two young members of a carnival crowd. A vegetable stall was nearby in the town square and every started throwing tomatoes at each other.

Exactly one year later, young people met at the square, but this time with their own tomatoes

La Tomatina: Bunol, Spain

Rules of La Tomatina The following rules have been set down by the Buñol Town Council: It is illegal to bring any kind of bottles or other objects that could cause an accident. You must not tear t-shirts. Tomatoes must be crushed before throwing so that they don't hurt anybody. You must be careful to avoid the lorries which carry the tomatoes. As soon as you hear the 2nd banger you must stop throwing tomatoes.