Around 20,000 revellers gathered in Sutamarchán, Colombia, to throw over 45 tonnes of tomatoes at one another. The Gran Tomatina pageant, now in its fifteenth yr, is hosted to have fun the financial system of Sutamarchán, which is centred round tomato manufacturing. Mayor Miguel Andrés Rodríguez mentioned "between 70 and 80 percent of families [in Sutamarchán] live off tomatoes. This is a tribute to them." The pageant makes use of tomatoes that are overripe, or in any other case not appropriate for consumption.
