Battle of oranges

                                               Festival's of Italy


Battle of the Oranges

The battle of the Oranges is the biggest food festival in Italy and is the Food throwing festival of North Italy.The festival is of throwing Oranges to each other between two organised groups.In Italy it is known as Carnevale di Ivrea.
         It is similar to Tomatina from spain but the oranges unlike tomatos dont get squished or crushed until the bang over the helmet.

                                                                 

The festival's origins are somewhat unclear. A popular account has it that it commemorates the city's defiance against the city's tyrant, who is either a member of the Ranieri family.This tyrant tried to rape milers daughter on her wedding night but his plan backfired when the young woman instead decapitated the tyrant, after which the populace stormed and burned the palace.The orange symbolizes the removed testicles of the tyrant.

The carnival takes place in February: it ends on the night of Shrove Tuesday with a solemn funeral. Traditionally, at the end of the silent march that closes the carnival the "General" says goodbye to everyone with the classical phrase in dialect "arvedse a giobia a ‘n bot", translated as "we'll see each other on Thursday at one", referring to the Thursday the carnival will start the next year.