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On the last Wednesday of August, the Spanish village of Buñol hosts thousands of tourists, who come from all over the world looking for one thing -- a massive food fight.

Called La Tomatina, the festival begins when trucks roll into town carrying loads of tomatoes. Before long, revelers begin throwing, smashing and splashing around in tomato mush, thoroughly enjoying the veggie-fueled (or is it technically a fruit?) chaos.

We put together a gallery of this year's festivities below. After compiling it, we came to the realization that we'll never look at a plate of pasta the same way again. But for you, bon appetit!


Tomatina Festival

    Revelers throw tomatoes, during the annual food fight, the Tomatina, in the small Spanish town of Bunol, near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. Each year tens of thousands of people hurl truckloads of tomatoes at each other, sending knee-deep rivers through the small Spanish town. Local lore says it began in the mid-1940s with a food battle that broke out between youngsters near a vegetable stand on the town square in Bunol. (AP Photo/Fernando Bustamante)

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    A reveller lays in tomato pulp during the annual "Tomatina" (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia, August 27, 2008. The origin of the tomato fight is disputed - everyone in Bunol seems to have a favourite story - but most agree it started around 1940, in the early years of the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco. REUTERS/Heino Kalis (SPAIN)

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    Participants lay are pictured covered in tomato juice during "Tomatina", a traditional festival where people throw tomatoes at each other, on August 27, 2008 in Bunol, some 300km east of Madrid. Tens of thousands of people from around the world hurled tons of ripe tomatoes at each other in an annual food fight that leaves the eastern Spanish town of Bunol covered in red juice. AFP Photo/Pablo ARGENTE (Photo credit should read Pablo Argente/AFP/Getty Images)

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    Participants lay in tomato juice during "Tomatina", a traditional festival where people throw tomatoes at each other, on August 27, 2008 in Bunol, some 300km east of Madrid. Tens of thousands of people from around the world hurled tons of ripe tomatoes at each other in an annual food fight that leaves the eastern Spanish town of Bunol covered in red juice. AFP Photo/Pablo ARGENTE (Photo credit should read Pablo Argente/AFP/Getty Images)

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    Revellers fight with tomato pulp during the annual "Tomatina" (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia, August 27, 2008. The origin of the tomato fight is disputed - everyone in Bunol seems to have a favourite story - but most agree it started around 1940, in the early years of the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco. REUTERS/Heino Kalis (SPAIN)

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    Revellers take a picture in tomato pulp during the annual "Tomatina" (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia, August 27, 2008. The origin of the tomato fight is disputed - everyone in Bunol seems to have a favourite story - but most agree it started around 1940, in the early years of the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco. REUTERS/Heino Kalis (SPAIN)

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    Revellers pose in tomato pulp during the annual "Tomatina" (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia, August 27, 2008. The origin of the tomato fight is disputed - everyone in Bunol seems to have a favourite story - but most agree it started around 1940, in the early years of the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco. REUTERS/Heino Kalis (SPAIN)

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    Revellers fight with tomato pulp during the annual "Tomatina" (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia, August 27, 2008. The origin of the tomato fight is disputed - everyone in Bunol seems to have a favourite story - but most agree it started around 1940, in the early years of the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco. REUTERS/Heino Kalis (SPAIN)

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    Participants throw tomatoes from a truck during the "Tomatina", a traditional festival where people throw tomatoes at each other, on August 27, 2008 in Bunol, some 300km east of Madrid. Tens of thousands of people from around the world hurled tons of ripe tomatoes at each other in an annual food fight that leaves the eastern Spanish town of Bunol covered in red juice. AFP Photo/Pablo ARGENTE (Photo credit should read Pablo Argente/AFP/Getty Images)

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    A couple covered in tomato juice are pictured during the "Tomatina", a traditional festival where people throw tomatoes at each other, on August 27, 2008 in Bunol, some 300km east of Madrid. Tens of thousands of people from around the world hurled tons of ripe tomatoes at each other in an annual food fight that leaves the eastern Spanish town of Bunol covered in red juice. AFP Photo/Pablo ARGENTE (Photo credit should read Pablo Argente/AFP/Getty Images)

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