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Love is a spring that flows freely.
Ho’omoe wai kahi ke kao’o

-Mary Kwaena Pukui

Happy May Day

May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii!

Hawaii 2009 Lei Day

Hawaii’s Lei Day Festival includes lei-making contests, games, crafts and food. Afterwards, the finished leis are taken to the tombs of the royal ali’i as offerings. The Great Kamehameha can hold thousands of leis and proudly displays them with grace. May 1, 1928, was the first Lei Day of Hawaii, honoring the art and history of making lei’s. Hawaii loves her holidays and festivities!

Oahu  2009 LEI DAY FESTIVAL info.

All Islands  2009 LEI DAY FESTIVAL info.

Kauai 2009 LEI DAY FESTIVAL info.

Big Island 2009 LEI DAY FESTIVAL info.

Maui Info. 2009 LEI DAY FESTIVAL info.

Videos:

Art of Lei Making:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPe7PQzFccc&eurl=http://www.worldhum.com/travel-blog/item/may-day-is-lei-day-in-hawaii-20090424/&feature=player_embedded

Past Festivals:

http://video.about.com/gohawaii/Celebrate-Lei-Day-in-Hawaii.htm

Flower Lei Photo courtesy of: http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2008/4