The island's exquisite array of flowers, valued for their fragrances, are harvested by Hawaiians for the ancient tradition of lei making. Hawaii native Meleana Estes picks flowers – like the ...

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 ...

Sometimes she made necklace leis by stringing the gardenias ... A 2003 book about the art form, “Nā Lei Makamae: The Treasured Lei,” co-authored by Marie A. McDonald, a noted lei authority ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (Island News) -- May First is May Day, and here in Hawaii it is Lei Day. A unique tradition centered around the Hawaiian custom of giving and receiving threaded or wrapped flowers.

The Mayor’s Grand Prize at this year’s 97th Lei Day Celebration in Honolulu went to Dale Mar T. Acoba. Acoba wowed judges Thursday with his white lei kui made of hypericum and pearl yarrow.