Revelers hurl tomatoes at each other and streets awash in red pulp in Spanish town's Tomatina party -------------- By ALBERTO SAIZ Associated Press 🔸Some 15,000 people, including many tourists, have pasted each other with tomatoes in Spain’s annual “Tomatina” street battle in the eastern town of Buñol 🔸Workers on trucks tipped 120 tons of overripe tomatoes into the main street of the town for participants to throw. 🔸The street fight leaves both the street, its houses and participants drenched in red pulp. 🔸Tickets for the festival start at 12 euros ($13). 🔸The town hoses down the area and the revelers shower off within minutes of the hourlong noon battle finishing. 🔸The festival, held on the last Wednesday of August, was inspired by a food fight between local children in 1945 in the town, located in a tomato-producing region. 🔸Media attention in the 1980s turned it into a national and international event, drawing participants from every corner of the world. 🔸Participants use swimming goggles to protect their eyes and usually dress in T-shirts and shorts. 🔸The party is ranked by Spain as an international tourism attraction.