Lei Day has been celebrated in Hawaii for almost 100 years, but the importance of leis can be traced back to ancient times. Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's safest A spotlight on ...

Lei Day was born in 1929 amid a painful time for the Hawaiian people. Following the toppling of the Hawaiian Kingdom, the islands’ people were living under U.S. annexation.

"May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii," Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi told the crowd during opening ceremonies. "While lei had been crafted and given in Polynesian culture for thousands of years, the first ...

Hawaiians have been proudly carrying on the tradition of lei making for more than 1,000 years. Here's a firsthand look at the process.

One important part of making and wearing lei: ... Treasured art of lei celebrated throughout Hawaii on May Day ... You know, showing people what it takes to collect, to gather, to say mahalo.

Although people of Polynesian descent traditionally wear leis, many people believe anyone may wear, give and receive leis if they do it respectfully, according to Hawaiian Island Weddings.

Family members wearing leis at Rosalynn Carter's private funeral service in Plains. John Bazemore/AP Photo "The family was happy to receive them and eager to wear them," a spokesperson for the ...

Cravalho learned to make leis from her mom, who used to work at a lei stand on Hawaii Island. "People think of lei as a string of orchids or plumeria but it gets so much more intricate than that.