March 28, 2008
Battle of the Oranges « Flickr Blog: “Ivrea today is best known for its peculiar traditional carnival. The core celebration is based on a locally famous Battle of the oranges. This involves some thousands of townspeople, divided into nine combat teams, who throw oranges at each other - with considerable violence…” Ivrea, Wikipedia (I am intrigued by this tradition, and I love the orange colors in the photos, but the practical girl in me - daughter of a man who loves gardening and is fiercely proud of his citrus fruit trees - winces and says, “What a waste.” Sigh. -Y) 

Battle of the Oranges « Flickr Blog:

“Ivrea today is best known for its peculiar traditional carnival. The core celebration is based on a locally famous Battle of the oranges. This involves some thousands of townspeople, divided into nine combat teams, who throw oranges at each other - with considerable violence…” Ivrea, Wikipedia

(I am intrigued by this tradition, and I love the orange colors in the photos, but the practical girl in me - daughter of a man who loves gardening and is fiercely proud of his citrus fruit trees - winces and says, “What a waste.” Sigh. -Y)