You Say Tomato, and I Say ‘Duck!’

Youths battling with 264,000 pounds of overripe tomatoes turned the town red Wednesday in an annual food fight.

The celebration in Bunyol, about 25 west of Valencia, is one of dozens of annual Spanish fiestas that include activities such as dropping goats from church steeples, walking on hot coals and throwing bulls into the sea.

Many of these fiestas date from the Middle Ages or earlier and combine elements of pagan rituals and Christianity.