Abantu abangaphezu kuka-20,000 beza e-Huber Park Aug. 4-6 ukuzohlonipha utamatisi ngezenzo zomculo, ukudla, ukugibela i-carnival nokuningi.
IMeya yaseReynoldsburg, uJoe Begeny, ithe izihlwele zoMkhosi weTomato walo nyaka azizange ziphoxe, yize kunemvula lapha nalaphaya.
“Ngiyazi ukuthi kungaphezu kwalokho ebesinakho ngonyaka odlule, kodwa ngale kwamazinga asezingeni ngesikhathi idolobha lingakwazi ukulawula, anginaso isiqiniseko,” usho kanje. “Abantu abaningi bathe lokhu kubakhumbuza ngesikhathi umcimbi ubuseCivic Park.”
Umkhosi Wotamatisi wokuqala wabanjwa ngo-1965 ukuhlonipha isimangalo sedolobha sodumo njengendawo okwazalelwa kuyo utamatisi omnandi, odliwayo, owadalwa isakhamuzi u-Alexander W. Livingston ngo-1870.
Babalelwa ku-17,000 XNUMX abantu abebehambele le festivali yangonyaka odlule, ngokusho kwabahleli.
Umcimbi ukhanselwe ngo-2020 ngenxa yobhubhane lwe-COVID-19.
Ifestivali yango-2019 ibingeyokuqala ephethwe idolobha ngemuva kokuthula ngo-2018. Ngaphambi kwalokho, ibihlelwe yi-Reynoldsburg Festivals Inc. iminyaka eminingana.
Ngaphansi kokuqondisa kwedolobha, i-Tomato Festival ibuyise abagibeli be-carnival, yengeza izenzo zomculo kazwelonke nokuzijabulisa okunwetshiwe ukuze kufake phakathi imisebenzi enetimu katamatisi.
"Sibe ne-Tomato Wars enkulu, okwakuyinto ejabulisayo," kusho u-Begeny. “Siphinde senze izinto ezintsha kulo nyaka. Saletha umncintiswano wokudliwa kwespaghetti, owaba yisimanga. Bekukuhle kakhulu ngoba bengikwazi ukuma eceleni ngibuke ngingahlanganyeli.”
I-Tomato Wars yayingo-Agasti 5 ku-Davidson Drive, lapho amaqembu amahlanu, ahlome izibuko zokuphepha futhi ehlome ngotamatisi, ebambe iqhaza emqhudelwaneni we-dodgeball.
Inzuzo evela ku-$25 yezindleko zokubhalisa zeqembu inikelwe ku-HEART Food Pantry.
Ukuzijabulisa kwesiteji salo nyaka bekuhlanganisa iNorth to Nashville ngo-Aug. 4, Morris Day ngo-Aug. 5 kanye nama-Plain White T's ngo-Aug. 6.
"Usuku lukaMorris lwalungenakukwazi ukusho," kusho uBegeny. “Bekuyisixuku esikhulu kakhulu engake ngasibona kuTomato Festival. Nabebehambele amafestiveli bathi bekuyisixuku esikhulu kunawo wonke abake bawabona. O-Plain White T bacishe bafana nabo.”
Bangaphezu kuka-8,000 abantu ababukele uSuku lukaMorris, ngokusho kukaJennifer Clemmons, ongumxhumanisi wemicimbi ekhethekile yedolobha kanye nomxhumanisi wezindaba.
Ifestivali yalo nyaka iphinde yathuthelwa ngempelasonto yokuqala ka-Agasti ukuze isize ekuhleleni ukugibela kwe-carnival, kusho uBegeny.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi lokho kube nomthelela osheshayo ekubeni khona,” esho. “Ubunabantwana ngaso sonke isikhathi. Bekumnandi kakhulu. Besinemisebenzi eminingi yezingane ezisencane endaweni yethu Yezingane kodwa kulabo abasanda kweva eshumini nambili, saba nemidlalo ejabulisayo esingayidlala nokugibela ukuze sigibele.”
Umkhosi uphinde wanikeza "isikhathi sezinzwa" ngoLwesihlanu emindenini "enamalungu (izingane kanye nabantu abadala) abanezinkinga zokucubungula izinzwa kanye nokuphazamiseka kwe-spectrum yabantu abadala," kusho uClemmons.
Idolobha vele lihlela umcimbi wangonyaka ozayo.
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