03:31Dozens took took part in annual Els Enfarinats Festival celebrated in Ibi, Alicante province, on Friday.
Participants wearing military costumes pelted each other with flour bombs and eggs amid a blaze of fireworks, transforming the streets into a battlefield.
"It is a great tradition, there are few of us left to maintain this tradition and we are very proud that this festival can continue,” said one excited participant.
The 200-year old tradition involves dressing up in old military uniforms and staging a mock coup.
The event takes place every year on December 28 and coincides with the Day of the Innocents, Spain's equivalent of April Fool's Day.
Els Enfarinats festival in Alicante takes food fight to the eggs-ellence
Dozens took took part in annual Els Enfarinats Festival celebrated in Ibi, Alicante province, on Friday.
Participants wearing military costumes pelted each other with flour bombs and eggs amid a blaze of fireworks, transforming the streets into a battlefield.
"It is a great tradition, there are few of us left to maintain this tradition and we are very proud that this festival can continue,” said one excited participant.
The 200-year old tradition involves dressing up in old military uniforms and staging a mock coup.
The event takes place every year on December 28 and coincides with the Day of the Innocents, Spain's equivalent of April Fool's Day.
Dozens took took part in annual Els Enfarinats Festival celebrated in Ibi, Alicante province, on Friday.
Participants wearing military costumes pelted each other with flour bombs and eggs amid a blaze of fireworks, transforming the streets into a battlefield.
"It is a great tradition, there are few of us left to maintain this tradition and we are very proud that this festival can continue,” said one excited participant.
The 200-year old tradition involves dressing up in old military uniforms and staging a mock coup.
The event takes place every year on December 28 and coincides with the Day of the Innocents, Spain's equivalent of April Fool's Day.