La Tomatina festival inspires a cheerfully messy Google doodle
by Jessica Elgot from on (#JG22)
Search engine honours 70th edition of food fight festival in Spanish town of Bunol, which does not actually grow tomatoes
La Tomatina is a strange festival. It attracts tens of thousands of tourists to take part in a tomato-throwing tradition in a Spanish town that does not actually grow tomatoes.
The world's largest food fight - whose 70th anniversary edition, beginning on Wednesday, is being celebrated via a Google doodle - has an origin thick with mystery.
