Lei Day orange, Kahoolawe is gray, Kauai is purple, and Niihau is white. In the same order the flowers are lehua, lokelani, 'ilima, kukui, kauna'oa, hinahina, mokihana, and a pupu shell. Niihau is the only island without a plant as its symbol. Lei Day in Hawaii incorporates various ethnic traditions, other than their own. Throughout the history of the holiday, natives have struggled between preserving Hawaiian culture and integrating foreign traditions on the special day. This has brought tension to the day of celebration, but over the years has meshed into part of the festivities. Although many different ethnic groups such as
Snow Moon Flowers to be hanged together. Artists liked to combine it with three women, three well known landscapes (moon always with reflecting water) etc. "Snow, moon and flowers" appear also as decoration on boxes, backside of traditional mirrors etc. Snow Moon Flowers Snow, Moon and Flowers (雪月花, "setsu-getsu-ka" or "setsu gekka"), a topic in art and design borrowed from old China, was quite popular in the late Edo period. This threefold theme (in Japan, flowers mean always "cherry blossoms") is held together in several ways. Most obviously it refers to the seasons of the year: snow = winter, moon = autumn and