Kandima Hosts the First Ever Tomato Festival in the Maldives


Maldives
PUBLISHED September 04, 2018

Kandima has hosted the first ever Tomato Festival La Tomatina in the Maldives which took place last week on Friday, 31st August 2018.


In total over 300 people attended the event, which lasted for almost four hours. La Tomatina was home to the famous tomato fight, tug of war, mini football, water bucket relay, climb the coconut tree and many other fun-packed beach games. 




During the event, the house DJ entertained the crowd with his party mixes while the barmen were offering free Latino-themed snacks and drinks to everybody.  


The resort chefs had to lay the tomatoes in the sun for three days prior to the event, which made them ripe and safe to fight with. The fire brigade was also on site and willing to offer their hoses with running water to remove the squashed tomatoes from the participants bodies.




The festival of tomatoes was held for the first time in 1945 in the Valencian town of Buñol, in the East of Spain 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the Mediterranean, in which participants would throw tomatoes and get involved in a tomato fight purely for entertainment purposes.


Located on the largest island in Dhaalu Atoll, a 30-minute flight from Male and followed by a 20-minute boat ride to the island, Kandima Maldives has the longest outdoor swimming pool in the Maldives, an abundance of water-sports, the largest beach club and tennis and basketball courts. The resort also offers a marine biology centre, an art studio and cooking classes.

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