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We are all One and in order to Learn Tolerance and Respect one must travel the road of Knowledge!! EarthWalk is a Column that will Feature Articles of Different Customs, Traditions and Cultures so we all can learn the different ways of those around the us!! We all Walk this Beautiful Home We Call Earth, Let's Share it With One Another!!

May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii and Other Hawaiian Lei Customs

May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii and Other Hawaiian Lei Customs

by Jennifer Toppel

Sun, Mar 01, 2009

May 1 is a holiday known as May Day in most of the world but in Hawaii that holiday is known as "Lei Day" and it is celebrated by wearing a lei and also by organizing lei-making contests, festivals, and concerts, and other celebrations throughout the Hawaiian Islands.

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