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. | 谁投了开始的La西红柿大战革命,第一次决定命运的西红柿?现实情况是,没有人知道。也许这是一个反佛朗哥叛乱,或失控的狂欢节。根据故事的最流行的版本,1945年的节日洛杉矶巨人(巨人纸张纸浆木偶巡游)的过程中,当地人在寻找上演斗殴得到一些关注。他们偶然发现一个菜车附近,并开始投掷熟透的西红柿。无辜的旁观者被卷入到现场升级为飞行水果的大规模混战。煽动者必须偿还番茄的供应商,但是这并不能阻止更多的西红柿打架,和一个新的传统的诞生再次发生。 可怕的不羁升级,当局颁布,放松,然后恢复了一系列禁令在20世纪50年代。 1951年,当地人谁以身试法,被监禁,直到舆论哗然呼吁释放他们。最有名的厚颜无耻到番茄禁令发生在1957年的时候支持者举行模拟葬礼番茄完整的棺材游行。 1957年后,当地政府决定将从容应对困难,在地方设置一些规则,并接受了古怪的传统。 虽然西红柿采取中心舞台,一个星期的庆祝活动导致到最后的摊牌。这是一个庆祝的布尼奥尔的守护神,圣母玛利亚和圣路易斯贝特朗,与街头游行,音乐和焰火在欢乐的西班牙时装。建立你的力量,为即将到来的斗殴事件,史诗般的西班牙海鲜饭送达之战前夕,展示大米的标志性巴伦西亚菜,海鲜,藏红花和橄榄油。 如今,这种无拘无束的节日有秩序的一些措施。组织者已经走了这么远,培养只为一年一度的盛事特制各种难吃的西红柿。庆祝活动揭开序幕,上午10点左右,当参与者竞相抢火腿固定顶上油腻极。围观软管的扰频器与水一边唱歌和跳舞在街道上。当教堂的钟声撞击中午,卡车挤满了西红柿擀成镇,同时高喊“TO-MA-TE,到马德!”达到一个高潮。 然后,用高压水枪的射击,重头戏开始。这就是绿灯在对同胞的参与者全力以赴的攻击,粉碎和发射西红柿。长途番茄lobbers,直截了当的刺客,和中程勾手投篮。无论你的技术,到时候它已经结束了,你会看(和感觉)相当不同。近一个小时后,番茄浸泡过的轰炸机留在湿软的街道莎莎与小左类似于番茄被发现海玩。第二个重炮信号的战斗结束。 |