Valencia Batalla de Flores

Batalla de Flores is celebrated in Valencia, Spain, to mark the end of the month long Feria de Julio—a traditional fiesta of various cultural and entertainment events. It starts with a long parade of enormous and gorgeous floats pulled by horses and filled with young girls dressed to the theme of the float. Once the floats have made a couple of rounds around the route, the battle breaks out. The onlookers and the float crew pelt flowers at each other and generally make merry. The girls even equip themselves with tennis rackets to defend the attack.