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Updated: 2002-08-30 01:00

Spain Tomato Fest Draws Record Crowd (2002/08/30)
番茄大戰"汁"流成河 數萬游客樂此不疲 (2002/08/30)
A youth lays in a bath of tomato juice during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight in the town of Bunol, near Valencia, eastern Spain, Wednesday Aug. 28 2002.
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.

The festival, which has its roots in a food fight between childhood friends, is gaining in popularity. Wednesday's crowd numbered around 38,000 - more than four times the population of Bunol - and 8,000 more than last year, Spanish news agency Efe reported.

At noon, municipal trucks hauled in 132 tons of plum tomatoes and dropped them at the feet of the crowds in the main square of Bunol, a town 190 miles southeast of Madrid.

Within seconds, the square was covered in a sheen of red slime and clouds of tomato-colored mist as people threw, tossed, pitched and aimed the vegetables at everyone and everything.

The participants, including many women, had ripped off their shirts and many wore goggles to keep the tomatoes from stinging their eyes.

At 1 p.m., a rocket fired from the balcony signaled the end and Bunol residents uncoiled garden hoses to spray down the tomato tossers and the rest of the town.

The event has become something of a calling card for Bunol. The Tomatina, held the last Wednesday in August, is said to be the world's largest tomato fight.

Local legend claims the event began in the 1940s after a group of youngsters waged a food fight on the town square. They met again the next year and pelted each other - and passers-by, starting the tradition.

(Agencies)

成千上萬的人脫掉自己的襯衫,奮力把一噸噸透熟多汁的西紅柿擲向其他人,很快西紅柿汁就在小鎮的街道上形成了一條條沒過膝蓋的河流。這就是西班牙一個小鎮上一年一度的西紅柿狂歡節。

這個節日起源于孩子們之間用食物互相扔擲打鬧的習俗,但很快就在成人中間流行起來了。據西班牙新聞機構埃菲通訊社報道,8月28日參加西班牙小鎮布諾番茄大戰的人數達到了3.8萬人,比布諾居民數量的四倍還要多,游客人數比去年增加了8000人。

布諾是位于馬德里東南方190英里的一個小鎮。在中午時分,政府提供的卡車拖著132噸西紅柿來到了這里的中心廣場,把這些西紅柿倒在了集中在那里的人群之中。

僅僅幾秒鐘的時間,所有的人都用西紅柿瞄準身邊的每一個人或建筑,或扔或砸或拋,地上紅色的粘土輝映著西紅柿汁形成的紅霧,頃刻間就給廣場染上了一層紅暈。

包括很多婦女在內的參戰者,紛紛脫下了他們的襯衫。許多人還戴著護目眼睛,免得眼睛被西紅柿汁灼痛。

下午一點鐘,附近的陽臺上升起一枚信號彈,標志著西紅柿大戰的結束。當地的居民紛紛打開花園里的水龍管,將參戰者和戰場沖洗干凈。

牙布諾小鎮的這場西紅柿大戰據說是世界上規模最大的,它于每年八月的最后一個星期三舉行,現在已經成了這個小鎮的一個活招牌。

當地傳說在20世紀40年代,小鎮的一群年輕人在廣場上發動了一場食物大戰。第二年他們再次相遇,又一次互相投擲起來,而且連周圍的路人也成了攻擊對象。這就是今日西紅柿大戰狂歡節的由來。

(中國日報網站譯)

 
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