12-29-2010 08:37 BJT
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An all-out flour and egg battle has broken out in the Spanish town of Ibi in Alicante.
Tuesday's annual flour-fighting festival 'Els Efarinats' begins with an explosion of fireworks followed by a spoof army dressed in full uniform and other bizarre characters engaged in all out battle using the food ingredients as their weapons.
Participants act out a coup-de-etat submitting spectators and other participants to their whims. They collect fines from locals as payment to avoid being covered in the batter.
All money collected goes to charity, this year to an old people's retirement home in the town. The festival is at least 200 years old and takes place every year on December 28 to coincide with the Day of the Innocents.
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