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Among the rules: Participants may throw only tomatoes, and they must be squished, to lessen their impact, before being thrown. More info: <a href="http://www.tomatina.es/index.php?lang=english">www.tomatina.es/index.php?lang=english</a>

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Among the rules: Participants may throw only tomatoes, and they must be squished, to lessen their impact, before being thrown. More info: www.tomatina.es/index.php?lang=english

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