How Do You Plan A Hawaiian Wedding?
Hawaiian weddings are typically tradition-filled to show respect for the family, ancestors and culture. This ensures luck, prosperity and happiness for the bridal couple. Include variations of Christian-Protestant traditions in your ceremony – traditional for most Hawaiian weddings. Plan for the ceremony to include a combination of English and Hawaiian. Select a white holoku (Hawaiian wedding dress) for the bride to wear. Choose a white shirt and pants with a colored sash for the groom’s wedding attire. Order maile leis (garlands made out of fragrant green leaves) for both of you to wear. The lei symbolizes “aloha” and how ancient Hawaiians communicated with nature. Request that the bride’s lei be woven with pikake (white jasmine) and the groom’s made from ilima (a flower with very thin yellow-orange petals). Provide leis for the mothers of the bride and groom to wear. Triple strands of pikake are a good choice. Follow an early Hawaiian tradition by having someone blow into a conch she
