In Hawaiʻi, May 1 st is known as “Lei Day,” celebrating the colors, flora and fauna of the islands mixed with modern pageantry. It began in the 1920s when Honolulu Star-Bulletin writers Don ...

May Day ushers in summer and is an important cross-quarter day − just like Halloween − falling midway between an equinox and ...

COURTESY HONOLULU PARKS AND RECREATION Honolulu’s 2025 Lei Court comprises, from left, First Princess Pualeilani Kamahoahoa, Queen Ku ‘ulei ­aloha Llanos and Princess Xian Pomare. The court will ...