The Pupa, Cavallo e Cuore are traditional
sweet cuisine of Abruzzo
It is said
that the sweet, in the typical forms, was made at the time of engagement, when
the couple appeared in public after parental consent.
The exchange
of sweets often took place in a lavish ceremony, when the respective families
of the bride and the groom exchanged sweets as a symbol of the future union: the
horse to the family of the girlfriend and the pupa to that of the boyfriend.
Today they
are Easter sweets, related to Christian
tradition that brings us back to the Last Supper when Jesus broke the bread and
gave it to the apostles.
Leonardo da Vinci, 1495–1498, pitch and mastic ,
460 cm × 880 cm (181 in × 346 in), Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan
The breaking
of the cake in this case symbolizes the
same gesture of love and solidarity of the Christian event .
from Italian Team
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