Hula_ 2001 World Conference on Hula in Hilo, Hawaii. For People Who LOVE The Big Island & Kona, Hawaii. Eye of Hawaii - Pidgin, The Unofficial Language of Hawaii. Mo'o and Lolo's Cyber Hawaiian Dictionary Online! Lei Day in Hawaii. 2005 Lei Day Photo Gallery In early 1928 writer and poet Don Blanding wrote an article in a local paper suggesting that a holiday be created centered around the Hawaiian custom of making and wearing lei. It was fellow writer Grace Tower Warren who came up with the idea of a holiday on May 1 in conjunction with May Day. She is also responsible for the phrase, "May Day is Lei Day. " If you are ever on Oahu on May 1, you'll get to experience this Hawaiian holiday first-hand for yourself.
The first Lei Day was held on May 1, 1928, and everyone in Honolulu was encouraged to wear lei. Festivities were held downtown with hula, music, lei making demonstrations and exhibits and lei making contests. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin reported, "lei blossomed on straw and felt hats, lei decorated automobiles, men and women and children wore them draped about their shoulders. On O`ahu, Lei Day festivities are centered in Queen Kapi`olani Park in Waikiki. Lei Day celebrations are not just confined to O'ahu.
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