On the very tomatoes

Giant tomato in a carriage, rap about tomatoes and bouquets of tomato tulips. The festival was held in Syzran in honor of the main local property

Early on Saturday morning, a “tomato train” with tourists from all over the Samara region comes to Syzran. On a red train, the organizers promise to deliver you to the country of tomato happiness and gastronomic delights.

The Feast of Tomato opens a costume parade along the main street. The theme of the procession of this year is the planet parade: a tomato planet, the football planet - in honor of the World Cup, and the theater planet with the performance "Little Prince". Why a work where there is not a single tomato is chosen by the parade leitmotif, the participants are difficult to answer. According to them, this is not important. The main thing is that both the “little prince” and the tomato festival are both about love.

In the center of Syzran photo: Vasily Kolotilov for TD

In Syzran, everything is fine not only with tomatoes, but also with other vegetables. Therefore, carrots, cucumbers, radishes also take part in the parade. With the municipal budget, it seems, too, everything is in order, so vegetables are surrounded by a French brass band and drummers from Moscow.

At the festive fair, tomatoes are not particularly in demand, local buy seeds. On average, the price of one seed is five rubles. Sellers have a life hack: you need to buy not a package of seeds, but one tomato - you put it for a couple of days to ripen and remove the seeds yourself. One giant tomato costs 80 rubles, it has about 100 seeds. 80 kopecks come out for seed - it is extremely profitable.

"Early Love" is one of the most popular positions

Syzrans are purchased massively with it. In Samara, the capital of the region, recently in the trend "Black Prince". It is not black, but dark green, not that tasty, but it looks stylish and expensive: it is not a shame to boast of the guests with such a tomato. From the category of “awesome” sellers advise the same love, King London, Syzran Bear and Yellow Olya.

There are niche, more rare varieties, for connoisseurs. For example, the dad is sweet and dense, and Mashenka is larger and more somesome than the battles. Each - 20 rubles a piece.

In the Alley of the "Kinopter" in the Central Park - a tasting of grandmothers from the club "Inspiration", participants in the choir of veterans and members of the Competition Society. God's cows, mice, snowmen, mushrooms - all, of course, from tomatoes. The top of the creativity is tulips from tomatoes. They look spectacular, they are not difficult to prepare: you cut a tomato, take out the core, stuff the tomato with cooked pasta with cheese and garlic and plant all this on a stalk made of green onions.

Tomato tray at the festival "Syzran tomato" Photo: Vasily Kolotilov for TD

In the competition for the best tomato outfit, managers of cultural events from local recreation centers compete. Girls perform with creative numbers in which various poetic and songwriters sound to the tomato. One of the participants in the competition, Princess Tomato, prepared the theater number: according to the script, she has a particularly attractive tomato and complains that "everyone wants to taste her delicacy." But the royal tomato will have to compete for the juicy: she should not go to anyone, but only the best dancer.

In the Gnomik park, where the competition takes place, the rap about the tomato and the anthem of the event is sounded: “You will not find a better holiday in Russia - you will not be bored with our tomato.” Here are various art objects on the topic. The most popular for photos on Instagram is the stuffed girl with tomatoes, Ommage Serov.

The Governor of the Samara Region at the festival for the first time, but is already happy and proud for their native places: “Well, who is in Russia today in Russia that the best tomatoes are here in Syzran? There are no such people left. ”

Mashenka is larger and embarrassed by battles photo: Vasily Kolotilov for TD Stand at the festival "Syzran tomato" photo: Vasily Kolotilov for TD Visitors of the holiday photo: Vasily Kolotilov for TD On the alley "snack" photo: Vasily Kolotilov for TD Tray with registered spoons photo: Vasily Kolotilov for TD Fountain in the children's park "Gnomik" Photo: Vasily Kolotilov for TD Tomato layout in a children's park in the center of Syzran Photo: Vasily Kolotilov for TD Trading is Boyko photo: Vasily Kolotilov for TD Visitors of the holiday photo: Vasily Kolotilov for TD Syzran photo: Vasily Kolotilov for TD Participants of the parade in honor of the tomato day in Syzran photo: Vasily Kolotilov for TD Parade in honor of the day of the tomato in Syzran photo: Vasily Kolotilov for TD King and Queen of the Parade in honor of the day of the tomato in Syzran photo: Vasily Kolotilov for TD Drummers are preparing for the photo parade: Vasily Kolotilov for TD Drummers are preparing for the parade in honor of the day of the tomato in Syzran photo: Vasily Kolotilov for TD Actors of the Syzran Drama Theater are preparing for the parade. Topic - Fairy Tale "Little Prince" Photo: Vasily Kolotilov for TD Children's attraction on the main Square Syzran Photo: Vasily Kolotilov for TD Tomatoral art-bite photo: Vasily Kolotilov for TD vegetables of tomato Syzran