If you have watched the highly anticipated Heads of State, then you know that the film opens with Gypsy King’s ‘Volare’ along with delicious looking tomatoes amid people throwing them at each other in the background. 

Quickly cutting to Priyanka Chopra, who plays television reporter, she says, “And with approximately 140 tonnes of overripened tomatoes, La Tomatina remains the world’s greatest annual food fight. Throwing it back to you at the studio, we’ll ketchup later.” While the food pun is on point and the festival painting the town red, there is a lot to discover with the food festival.

Here are five things to know about the food fight festival: