Get Floured

Spain:  Revellers in the town of Ibi in Alicante, south-eastern Spain take part in a flour battle every December 28. The participants dressed up in military uniforms pelt flour and eggs at each other against a backdrop of fireworks. The festival is called Els Enfarinats meaning the flour people. The annual festival dates back more than 200 years. 

Men run around dressed in combat gear and top hats under blizzard-like, zero visibility conditions that rain down a hailstorm of eggs, making for a deliciously bizarre scene. This guerrilla army runs around town collecting “taxes” — donations to charity — amongst the locals. If you dare to run “afowl” of the new order, you too may get creamed.