puna pastafarians

Holy Days of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

 

As churches go, FSM has quite a bit less codified ritual than most.

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Still, some practices are common. Every Friday is a holy day — ideally celebrated by staying home from work, school, or whatever, and overindulging in grog, pasta, and the never-ending search for booty. Full pirate regalia or simple colander headgear make it holier. The experience of many of the few employed Pastafarians is that nearly all Human Resources departments have prejudicial stances on FSM religious freedom, forcing them to work on Fridays. Dressing as a pirate or piratess is usually frowned upon as well. One would think that wearing a colander on one's head would be just fine, but no.

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So Holy Day festivities often start after work on Friday. Hopefully, someday, the world will be enlightened enough not to suppress the most non-violent religion the world has ever seen.

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Halloween is pretty much the only national holiday when Pastafarians can don their full pirate regalia without public censure.

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Some examples of Pastafarians in action below.