Orange fighting in Ivrea, Italy - The Guardian

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Dressed up as middle ages kings’ guards, a group of men ride in a horsedrawn carriage and pelt ‘foot soldiers’ with oranges as thousands of people gather to re-enact the battle when the townsfolk of the Piedmontese town of Ivrea near Turin overthrew an evil king. In a strange twist, instead of swords and crossbows, these days the weapons of choice are oranges

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