After, the streets are hosed down, and the festivities continue more customarily – with music, dancing, and lots of delicious food and drink.
Believed to have started as a playful dispute during a parade, the festival now attracts more than 20,000 visitors each year. The main event lasts about an hour, and revellers turn the streets red as they chuck fruit at each other in a joyful frenzy. After, the streets are hosed down, and the festivities continue more customarily – with music, dancing, and lots of delicious food and drink.