After the tomato fight, which lasted about two hours, streets and the town's river were cleaned by high-pressure water.
Some participants displayed the Palestinian flag. The festival's origins date back to a 1945 dispute among neighbors who threw vegetables at each other, leading to the tradition of La Tomatina.
Despite a ban in the 1950s, the festival was revived in 1957 after a "tomato funeral" protest, and it was officially recognized as an international tourist event by Spain's Tourism Ministry in 2002.
