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- White_Sunday abstract "White Sunday is a holiday in Samoa, falling on the second Sunday in October. It is a day for parents and communities to acknowledge and celebrate childhood by hosting special programs during church services which include scriptural recitations ("tauloto"), Biblical story reenactments, and creative dance performances. Children receive gifts (often new clothing and/or school supplies) on White Sunday and are allowed privileges normally reserved for elders, such as being the first to be served food at family meal time.On White Sunday, Samoan women and children dress completely in white clothing. Some of them trim the clothes with the other two colors of the Samoan flag, red and blue. Men will wear white shirts with either white slacks or the traditional 'i.e. faitaga form of the lavalava. If a lavalava is worn it need not be white. White Sunday is also celebrated in Tonga.White Sunday is celebrated by Samoan congregations and families throughout ethnic Samoan expatriate communities. In the Samoan language the holiday is called "Lotu Tamaiti," literally "Children's Service" or "Prayer for Children." There are differing opinions in regards to the origin of this holiday. Some believe White Sunday to be a Christian adaptation of an indigenous pre-contact celebration of certain planting and harvesting seasons. Others assert that the holiday coincides with a family celebration that became widespread in the 1920s in commemoration of Samoans who succumbed to the influenza epidemic of 1919; this epidemic, introduced through the ambivalence of the New Zealand colonial administration, took the lives of 1/5 to 1/4 of the Samoan population, many of them children. White Sunday is a time to also get with brothers, sisters and even cousins to recite something together. It is a tradition in all the Protestant churches.. New Zealand hip-hop artist Mareko has released an album named after it.".
- White_Sunday country Samoa.
- White_Sunday wikiPageID "9924615".
- White_Sunday wikiPageRevisionID "600504253".
- White_Sunday duration "86400.0".
- White_Sunday frequency "annual".
- White_Sunday hasPhotoCollection White_Sunday.
- White_Sunday holidayName "White Sunday".
- White_Sunday month "October".
- White_Sunday observedby Samoa.
- White_Sunday scheduling "nth day of the month".
- White_Sunday weekOrdinal "second".
- White_Sunday weekday "Sunday".
- White_Sunday subject Category:Moveable_holidays_(nth_weekday_of_the_month).
- White_Sunday subject Category:October_observances.
- White_Sunday subject Category:Religion_in_Samoa.
- White_Sunday subject Category:Samoan_culture.
- White_Sunday type Holiday.
- White_Sunday type TimeInterval.
- White_Sunday comment "White Sunday is a holiday in Samoa, falling on the second Sunday in October. It is a day for parents and communities to acknowledge and celebrate childhood by hosting special programs during church services which include scriptural recitations ("tauloto"), Biblical story reenactments, and creative dance performances.".
- White_Sunday label "White Sunday".
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- White_Sunday isPrimaryTopicOf White_Sunday.
- White_Sunday name "White Sunday".