KIHEI, Hawaii (KHON2) — A Hawaii group in Maui called “Lei of Aloha for World Peace” will be sending a mile-long ti leaf lei to Uvalde, Texas in honor of the 19 kids and two adults that lost ...

But as native flora disappears, lei makers discuss how they see the future of their craft. Though usually made of flowers and leaves ... and goodwill of the Hawaiian people) quite like the ...

as was once the practice among Hawaiian royalty. His leis are packaged in yardlong green ti leaves and tied at the top. The package is called a pu'olo. When presented, it looks like a giant green ...

Residents are invited to donate lei, lei flowers, or attend one of the lei-making opportunities across the islands.

HAWAII (HawaiiNewsNow ... Some of the most requested items include green ti leaves (cut and frozen); crown flowers; orchids; Bozu flowers; plumeria (buds and partially open); Bougainvillea ...

Melody Masoe (from left) hands a bag filled with ti-leaf lei to Vietnam veteran Roy Nakasone and Kaunoa Senior Services Program Assistant Abcde Rosa during the 2022 drive-thru drop-off event.

Since the Hawaiian language doesn’t distinguish ... braided with raffia; and the open-ended ti leaf lei, which hangs loose off the shoulders, similar to a stole or honor cord.

Hawaii’s “Lei of Aloha for World Peace” — and representatives of the more than 500 volunteers who created it — will present sections of a 2-mile-long woven ti-leaf lei at two memorial ...

Many of these plants are already popular in traditional Hawaiian lei making, including plumeria, stephanotis, crown flower, song of India, and ti leaf. “These plants are not only beautiful and ...

Hawaii, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Niki Roberts walked around her Maui neighborhood, loading her collapsible green wagon with cuttings from the ti plant, whose foot-long leaves are woven into the lei ...

PARKLAND, FL (HawaiiNewsNow) - Over 4,800 miles from the islands, Hawaii's spirit of Aloha was felt at the scene of the nation's latest mass school shooting. On Sunday afternoon, half of the two ...