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ALICANTE, SPAIN - DECEMBER 28: Revelers take part in the 'Enfarinats' battle, a flour, egg and pyrotechnics fight to celebrate the Els Enfarinats festival on December 28, 2023 in Alicante, Spain. As part of events related to the Day of the Innocents, in reference to the Bible's story of the first Christian martyrs in Bethlehem, Els enfarinats comes from the Valencian word for "breading", and roughly translate to "the breaded ones" or "the floured ones". (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images) Alicante Spain

ALICANTE, SPAIN - DECEMBER 28: Revelers symbolically take over the town hall at the pre-party where participants fight a battle of flour, eggs and pyrotechnics to celebrate the Els Enfarinats festiva on December 28, 2023 in Alicante, Spain. As part of events related to the Day of the Innocents, in reference to the Bible's story of the first Christian martyrs in Bethlehem, Els enfarinats comes from the Valencian word for "breading", and roughly translate to "the breaded ones" or "the floured ones". (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images) Alicante Spain

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Spain's Annual Els Enfarinats Food Battle

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Spain's Annual Els Enfarinats Food Battle

ALICANTE, SPAIN - DECEMBER 28: Revelers take part in the 'Enfarinats' battle, a flour, egg and pyrotechnics fight to celebrate the Els Enfarinats festival on December 28, 2023 in Alicante, Spain. As part of events related to the Day of the Innocents, in reference to the Bible's story of the first Christian martyrs in Bethlehem, Els enfarinats comes from the Valencian word for breading, and roughly translate to the breaded ones or the floured ones. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images)

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