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Who cast that first fateful tomato that started the La Tomatina revolution? The reality is no one knows. Maybe it was an anti-Franco rebellion, or a carnival that got out of hand. According to the most popular version of the story, during the 1945 festival of Los Gigantes (a giant paper mâché puppet parade), locals were looking to stage a brawl to get some attention. They happened upon a vegetable cart nearby and started hurling ripe tomatoes. Innocent onlookers got involved until the scene escalated into a massive melee of flying fruit. The instigators had to repay the tomato vendors, but that didn't stop the recurrence of more tomato fights—and the birth of a new tradition.

Fearful of an unruly escalation, authorities enacted, relaxed, and then reinstated a series of bans in the 1950s. In 1951, locals who defied the law were imprisoned until public outcry called for their release. The most famous effrontery to the tomato bans happened in 1957 when proponents held a mock tomato funeral complete with a coffin and procession. After 1957, the local government decided to roll with the punches, set a few rules in place, and embraced the wacky tradition.

Though the tomatoes take center stage, a week of festivities lead up to the final showdown. It's a celebration of Buñol's patron saints, the Virgin Mary and St. Louis Bertrand, with street parades, music, and fireworks in joyous Spanish fashion. To build up your strength for the impending brawl, an epic paella is served on the eve of the battle, showcasing an iconic Valencian dish of rice, seafood, saffron, and olive oil.

Today, this unfettered festival has some measure of order. Organizers have gone so far as to cultivate a special variety of unpalatable tomatoes just for the annual event. Festivities kick off around 10 a.m. when participants race to grab a ham fixed atop a greasy pole. Onlookers hose the scramblers with water while singing and dancing in the streets. When the church bell strikes noon, trucks packed with tomatoes roll into town, while chants of "To-ma-te, to-ma-te!" reach a crescendo.

Then, with the firing of a water cannon, the main event begins. That's the green light for crushing and launching tomatoes in all-out attacks against fellow participants. Long distance tomato lobbers, point-blank assassins, and medium range hook shots. Whatever your technique, by the time it's over, you will look (and feel) quite different. Nearly an hour later, tomato-soaked bombers are left to play in a sea of squishy street salsa with little left resembling a tomato to be found. A second cannon shot signals the end of the battle.
Kush e hodhi domaten e pare fatale qe nisi revoluconin tomatina?Ne te vertet askush nuk e di.Ndoshta ka qene nje rebelim anti francez ose nje mishngrenes qe doli jashte kontrollit.Sipas versionit me popullor te historise gjate festivalit te Los giants ne 1945 1 parade gjigante me leter mash,banoret e zones po perpiqeshin te vinin ne skene zhurme qe te terhiqnin sa me shume vemendje. e gjitha ndodhi mbi 1 karroce perimesh aty afer ku ata filluan te godisnin me domate te pjekura.Spektatoret e pafajshem u perfshine ne nje skene qe pershkallezoi ne nje perleshje frutash qe fluturonin.Nxitesit duhet ti ripaguanin shitesit e domateve por kjo nuk e ndaloi luften e perseritur te domateve dhe fillimin e nje tradite te re.
Te frikesuar nga nje pershkallezim rebel autoritetet te qete shpallen nje seri denimesh ne 1950.Ne 1951 banoret e zones e kundershtuan ligjin dhe u burgosen derisa nje proteste publike thirri per lirimin e tyre.Perballja me e madhe ndaj ndalimit te domateve ndodhi ne 1957 ku proponentet mbajten nje funeral te rreme domatesh me nje arkivol dhe 1 kortezh.Mbas 1957 qeveria lokale vendosi te godase rende me disa rregulla ne vend dhe te perqafoj nje tradite te pabesueshme.
Edhe pse domatet ishin ne qender te vemendjes nje jave festimesh coi ne nje ballafaqim final.Ishte festa e shenjtoreve bunol,virgjereshes mari dhe shen louis Bertrand ne menyren e festimit te gezueshem spanjoll u festua me parada ne rruge muzik fishekzjarre.Per te ndertuar forcen ne perleshjen me te afert u servir nje paella epike ne prag te betejes duke demostruar nje pjate orizi stereotip nga valencia ushqim deti shafran dhe vaj ulliri.
sot ky festival i papenguar ka nje mase rregulli.Organizuesit kane shkuar kaq larg me qellim qe te kultivojne nje shumellojshmeri domatesh te papelqyeshme vetem per kete event vjetor.Festimet startojne rreth ores 10 paradite ku pjesemarresit garojne per te rrembyer nje proshute te fiksuar ne maje te nje shtylle me yndyre.Spektatoret lagin me uje ata qe perleshen nderkohe qe kendojne e kercejne ne rruge.Kur kembana e kishes bie ne mesdite .kamiona te mbushur me domate hyjne ne qytet nderkohe qe turma arrin kulmin to ma te to mate.
Me pas me rastin e pushimit te artilerise se ujit ngjarja kryesore fillon.drita e gjelber ndizet per shtypjen dhe hedhjen e domateve ne sulm kundra pjesemarresve te rinj.Ne nje distance te gjate dardaullet e domateve ,tregojne atentatoret e rreme dhe vargu godet me te shtena mesatare.Cilado qofte teknika juaj ne kohen e perfundimit ju do te dukeni dhe do te ndihen shume ndryshe.Perafersisht nje ore me vone bombarduesit e domateve lejohen te luajne ne nje det te rreshqitshem salce ku nuk ka gjasa te gjendet pak domate.Nje artileri e dyte jep sinjalin per fundin e betejes


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