The Hawaiian flower lei is known worldwide as a symbol of love, friendship, good luck, admiration, and the “aloha spirit.” For centuries, visitors arriving and leaving the Islands have received colorful and fragrant flower leis as gifts. Today, leis are given to friends, lovers, relatives, teachers, co-workers, and coaches to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, greetings and farewells, “Aloha Fridays,” or simply to express aloha for others. Hawai i s Flower Leis is a colorful, pictorial guide to some of Hawai i s most popular leis. Vivid photographs and descriptions help readers to identify the flowers by common, scientific and Hawaiian names, and provide insights on the symbolism of flowers, and the preservation and storage of leis.
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