Revellers take part in a flour fight during the Els Enfarinats festival in Ibi, Spain. Citizens of Ibi annually celebrate the festival with a battle using flour, eggs and firecrackers. The battle takes place between two groups – a group of married men called 'Els Enfarinats' who take control of the village for one day, pronouncing a whole host of ridiculous laws and fining the citizens that infringe them and another group called 'La Oposicio' who try to restore order. At the end of the day the money collected from the fines is donated to charitable causes in the village. The festival has been celebrated since 1981, when the town of Ibi recovered the tradition, but the origins remain unknown

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