Lei draping ceremony honors King Kamehameha I
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Flower lei is draped onto the statue of King Kamehameha at Aliiolani Hale on Friday. The annual tradition precedes weekend festivities, including a parade on Saturday, celebrating Hawaii’s monarch.
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Flower lei is draped onto the statue of King Kamehameha at Aliiolani Hale on Friday.
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A maile lei is draped onto the statue of King Kamehameha.
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Maile lei is draped onto the statue of Kamehameha.
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Members of Halau ‘Ahahui Ka’ahumanu, front, watch with the public as lei is draped onto the statue of Kamehameha.
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Members of Halau ‘Ahahui Ka’ahumanu watch as lei is draped onto the statue of Kamehameha.
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Flower lei is carried to be presented onto the statue of King Kamehameha I at Aliiolani Hale on Friday.
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Flower lei and hookupu are carried to be presented onto the statue of King Kamehameha.
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Flower lei is draped onto the statue of King Kamehameha at Aliiolani Hale on Friday.
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Flower lei is draped onto the statue of King Kamehameha at Aliiolani Hale on Friday.
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Flower lei is draped onto the statue of King Kamehameha at Aliiolani Hale on Friday.
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Flower lei is draped onto the statue of King Kamehameha at Aliiolani Hale on Friday.
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Flower lei is draped onto the statue of King Kamehameha at Aliiolani Hale on Friday.
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Flower lei is draped onto the statue of King Kamehameha at Aliiolani Hale on Friday.
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People watch the lei draping ceremony on Friday.
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Flower lei is readied to be presented onto the statue of King Kamehameha I at Aliiolani Hale on Friday.
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Flower lei is readied to be presented onto the statue of King Kamehameha I at Aliiolani Hale on Friday.
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Flower lei is readied to be presented onto the statue of King Kamehameha I at Aliiolani Hale.
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Members of the Royal Order of Kamehameha I present ho’okupu to the statue of Kamehameha I at Aliiolani Hale on Friday.
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Keanu, a six-year-old terrier owned by Honolulu residents John and Hisako Lee, watches the lei draping at Aliiolani Hale on Friday.
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A maile lei is draped onto the statue of King Kamehameha.
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Members of the Royal Order of Kamehameha I walk past the monarch’s statue after presenting ho’okupu at Aliiolani Hale on Friday.
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Flower lei is draped onto the statue of King Kamehameha at Aliiolani Hale on Friday.
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Flower lei is draped onto the statue of King Kamehameha at Aliiolani Hale on Friday.
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Flower lei is draped onto the statue of King Kamehameha at Aliiolani Hale on Friday.