White Sunday - Wikipedia White Sunday For other uses, see White Sunday ( disambiguation ). White Sunday Observed by Samoa and Tonga and Niue Date Second Sunday in October 2016 date October 9 ( 2016 - 10 - 09 ) 2017 date October 8 ( 2017 - 10 - 08 ) 2018 date October 14 ( 2018 - 10 - 14 ) 2019 date October 13 ( 2019 - 10 - 13 ) Frequency annual White Sunday is a national holiday in Samoa falling on the second Sunday of October, with the Monday following a public holiday. It is a day for parents and communities to acknowledge and celebrate childhood by hosting special programs during church services which include scriptural recitations, 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. 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. This Samoa - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This holiday - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White_Sunday&oldid=806189639 '' Categories : Samoan culture Religion in Samoa Movable October observances Movable May observances Movable Western Christian observances Sunday observances Samoa stubs Holiday stubs Hidden categories : Holidays and observances by scheduling ( nth weekday of the month ) Infobox holiday with missing field Infobox holiday ( other ) All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 20 October 2017, at 09 : 12. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: how to say happy white sunday in samoa
Answer: Lotu Tamaiti