Festival+and+Celebrations

== **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 ==

==The Teuila Festival, one of Samoa's most celebrated annual events, promises to be as exciting and entertaining this year as in the past. There are many activities and shows being held particularly in Apia, Samoa's capital city. == ==Throughout the week (September 03 - September 09) there will be many cultural displays including weaving, carving, and traditional dance. There will also be Samoan cricket tournaments and canoe racings and fautasi (long boat used as means of transportations across islands in the old days) race. == ==Floral Parade on Friday morning is Sept 8th is surely an opportunity to see the beautiful ladies contesting for the Miss Teuila Pageant on the following night.. Witness the artistic and creativity of Samoan people in decorating the floral parade. ==

==The Polynesian Cultural Center's World Fire Knife Dance Competition is also part of a larger Samoan arts program called the Samoa Festival that includes a high school competition of traditional customs — such as speech making, basket weaving, coconut husking and firemaking — as well as songs and dances. ==
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Sunday http://www.teuilafestival.ws/about.htm http://www.polynesia.com/fireknife/samoa_festival.html