Lei shops like theirs in Hawaii’s capital are being pummeled ... Chun gave a customer who bought a lei and some red ginger bouquets an extra garland of blue-tinted orchids. " ...

But as native flora disappears, lei ... the red ʻōhiʻa lehua grows, she refrains from using this particular flower in order to help nurture populations of the threatened plant. Many of Hawaii ...

But where did the colorful, eye-catching garland come from, and what does receiving and wearing it actually mean? With its roots in Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander culture, a lei refers to a ...

From its golden sun to its turquoise surf, Hawaii can always take your breath away. But it's the colorful leis that may dazzle the most. The island's exquisite array of flowers, valued for their ...

It began in the 1920s when Honolulu Star-Bulletin writers Don Blanding and Grace Tower Warren saw a decline in lei. They came up with the idea of celebrating the beloved Hawaiian garland.

McDonald, a noted lei authority, says that Hawaii’s early practitioners employed 85 varieties of plants, including banana leaves, the tassels of flowering sugar cane stalks and bulbous ruby red ...

Celebrated in Hawaii, Lei Day honors leis, a type of garland or wreath, often worn as a necklace, that are made up of flowers, leaves, shells or feathers. Are you celebrating one of the various ...