Great Church Feast In Samoa

ONE of the largest Samoan Church feasts of recent years was held at Lauli’i, Upolu, on April 28, when the new church of the London Mission -So ciety was formally opened in the pres ence of a crowd of about 5,000 Samoans, from all parts of the Group. Amongst the foodstuffs contributed for the occa

sion were 400 roast pigs, 80 head of cat tle, 7,000 loaves of bread and large quan tities of taro, bananas, yams, fowls, etc.

Over £1,200 in cash were collected at the

gathering to liquidate the debt on the Church, Lauli’i is the seat of the “New Mau”, or Malo Party, but many adherents of the Nelson “Mau” also took part in the proceedings.

Photographs show; —Top: Procession entering the new Church. Middle: Church officials counting the £1,200 collection.

Bottom: Enormous quantities of cooked food being distributed among the 5,000 visitors,-Own Correspondent.