Italian cuisine customs celebrating this festival include wearing red clothing, eating Sicilian pastries known as zeppole and giving food to the poor. On Easter Sunday, lamb is served throughout Italy. A typical Easter Sunday breakfast in Umbria and Tuscany includes salami, boiled eggs, wine, Easter Cakes, and pizza. The common cake for Easter Day is the Colomba Pasquale (literally, Easter dove), which is often simply known as "Italian Easter cake" abroad. It is supposed to represent the dove, and is topped with almonds and pearl sugar. On Christmas Eve a symbolic fast is observed with the "cena di magro" ("light dinner"), a
Auckland Easter Show competition. Auckland Easter Show The Auckland Easter Show (sometimes referred to as the "Royal Easter Show" or "Cola-Cola Easter Show") is a heritage event held annually during Easter in Auckland, New Zealand. It originated in the 19th century and has included agricultural events, art exhibitions, live entertainment, sporting events, carnival rides, sideshows, a marketplace and circuses. The Easter Show was held at the Epsom Showgrounds in Epsom. The Auckland Easter Show is host to the Wine Awards, New Zealand’s longest-running wine competition, and therefore also one of the most competitive. Also hosted are the Art Awards, New Zealand's largest open