Church Rules No Pants On Sunday – Fiji Times

The strict observance of Sunday worship has resulted in men on a Bua island not being allowed to wear pants on Sunday.

The Sunday ban also forbids travel and the hanging of clothes on lines.

Galoa Village headman Josefa Baleinasiga said the ban was enforced so that the islanders could learn to respect the significance of Sunday as a holy day.

Mr Baleinasiga said the Methodist Church and the vanua also decided to impose the ban as a means of bringing good fortune to the people.

“The ban is meant to bring good luck to the island as we respect the day of the Lord,” he said.

“You can see that often misfortune befalls us because we don’t respect His commandments that there be no work performed on Sunday except worship.

“Before our islanders used to go diving on Sunday, and there was a lot of travelling and it was difficult to separate the days all the days were the same.

“Now on Saturdays the clothes line in the village is full as the villagers know they can’t hang anything out on Sunday.”

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