What is the origin of the Tomato Festival?

The tomato festival in Spain began in the 1940s. There are many versions about the origin of the Tomato Festival, and two of them are widely circulated. First, a group of young people in a small town started a food war in the square one day. The next year, they met again and threw at each other again, and even passers-by around them became targets of attack, which became the origin of today's Tomato Wars Carnival. Another version is that one day, a small band in the city marched through the whole city from the city center, and the leader even raised his horn to the sky. At this time, a group of young people had a whim, grabbed tomatoes and threw them into the trumpet, and competed with each other who could throw tomatoes in, so the Tomato Festival was born.

Another version: 1944, Sanchez, a young Bunol resident, had an argument with a musician in Bunol Central Square with his friends. They threw tomatoes into the musician's horn. The next year, these young people met again in the square. This time, they wanted to throw balloons at each other, but because they couldn't wait to get them, they grabbed the tomatoes around them and threw them away. Passers-by have joined their "battle", and a unique carnival activity in the world was born.