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WHITE SUNDAY

Manu'a white sunday from the 1960s
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Today will be very busy for American Samoa as residents gear up for White Sunday, dedicated to our precious children, leading off a 3-day holiday weekend that ends on Monday with Columbus/ Indigenous Peoples Day. WHITE SUNDAY Introduced in the islands by Christian...
Ekalesia Metotisi Samoa
Rev. Malotumau Tuiasosopo and faletua Ianeta Tuiasosopo with children of Fetu Ao Ekalesia Metotisi Samoa after their taulotos and performances at their White Sunday Service Sunday at AMVETS Hawaii Center. Each family had the opportunity to perform in front of the church and witness children as...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The annual White Sunday celebration, coupled with the Monday federal and local holiday (Discoverers’ Day), adds up to a three-day weekend — and it has been a busy one at that — as residents geared up for the day dedicated to the children of American Samoa. White Sunday...
ASG Tax Office
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — More than $1 million — in another round of tax refund checks is scheduled for release, Monday, Oct. 03, providing a new cash infusion into the local economy and comes just in time for the upcoming White Sunday shopping. ASG Treasurer, Malemo Tausaga, announced in a brief...
The Congregational Christian Church of Samoa (C.C.C.S.) at Faleula on White Sunday
Apia, SAMOA — A White Sunday celebration was the focal point for members of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa at Faleula, but the heavy loss of life globally from the COVID-19 pandemic also weighed heavily on their minds. Touches of yellow was chosen by the church’s congregation to be...
Children on White Sunday
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The annual White Sunday celebration coupled with the Monday federal and local holiday — “Columbus/ Indigenous People’s Day” — adds up to a three-day weekend, and a busy one at that, as residents celebrate White Sunday, dedicated to the children of American Samoa....
Little girl in her White Sunday finery
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Local businesses — especially clothing shops and grocery stores — are hoping for an uptick in customers this White Sunday, shopping for White Sunday outfits for the children and food for the Sunday feast.  (See today’s Samoa News edition for businesses advertising their...
In the spirit of White Sunday, Bluesky partnered with the American Samoa Community College's Samoan Studies Institute.
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In American Samoa, White Sunday is a day parents honor their children with special programs during church services which include scriptural recitations, biblical story reenactments, creative dance performances followed by a feast of their children’s favorite foods. In...
The young children performing bible skits
Apia, SAMOA — Let us cherish our children. That was the overarching message at the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa (C.C.C.S.) at Savaia, Lefaga, when children led their White Sunday church service. The C.C.C.S. of Savaia, Lefaga joined various church denominations to celebrate White Sunday...
Epenesa Line, 11-months-old
New Plymouth, NEW ZEALAND — Children were the focus of the Sunday church service at Samoan Assembly of God in New Plymouth. The day marked White Sunday, or Lotu Tamaiti which translates to children’s service, a national holiday in Samoa which falls on the second Sunday of October. More than 20...

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