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The Tomatina is held each year on the last Wednesday in August. Tens of thousands of people from around the world hurl tons of ripe tomatoes at each other every year in an annual food fight that leaves the eastern Spanish town of Bunol covered in red juice. Shopkeepers put up huge plastic covers on their storefronts to protect their properties from the sea of red mush. Many revellers, including many from Britain, France, Germany, Russia and Asia, wore hard hats, goggles or protective plastic sheets. The origins of the event are unclear although it is thought to have its roots in a food fight between childhood friends in the mid-1940s in Bunol. A rocket fired from the town hall was the cue for start of the event for which local authorities provided 120 tonnes of tomatoes.