Hawaiian Culture

When you go to Hawaii, the first thing to greet you is a lei. At the airport, at your hotel, people bestow a lei to welcome you. Different colorful flowers are used to make leis, but one of the...

Flowers are a large part of Hawaiian culture. Each island in Hawaii has its own island flower and color. The flowers are used to make leis, which are used in various traditions.

A double lei uses twice as many flowers as a traditional lei, and each flower is threaded in a different direction. Create a full, beautiful double lei with a demonstration from a Hawaiian...

A silk lei is made up of silk flowers instead of fresh flowers, which allows them to last much longer. Thread silk flowers into a lei with a demonstration from a Hawaiian entertainment director in...

Hawaii has some of the most unusual tropical flowers, but not all of them are native to Hawaii. Many varieties found their way to Hawaii when the trade routes were opened to Asia. The...

Leis are traditional Hawaiian garlands of fresh flowers, given to guests arriving on the islands and at special events. Fresh leis are often made with orchids, jasmine, plumeria flowers and ferns....

Although many people think that leis are only made of fresh flowers, you can use nuts, leaves, shells, feathers, paper, ribbon, yarn, beads and even candy. Some leis are braided, but many are...

Lei's is part of the Hawaiian culture. They are beautiful. Here is how you make a double lei.

We've all seen the beautiful and vastly different types of leis given to people around their necks as they enter Hawaii through airports. With vivid colors and using various forms of flowers, leis...

The fresh flower lei is probably one of the most definitive of all Hawaiian icons. A lei traditionally expresses love, reverence, respect congratulations and welcome. There are about as many...