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Listen to these 'native' songs about alien flowers

Hawaiian tributes of aloha to alien flowers

Hawaiian people were delighted by the many beautiful and fragrant flowers introduced from abroad. They adopted them as favorite lei flowers and celebrated them in song.

1. "Lei Ola'a" - about the lei flower "Ola'a Beauty".
performed by: Ho'okena
written by: Manu Boyd

2 "My Sweet Pikake Lei" - about the lei flower "Pikake" (Chinese Jasmine).
performed by: The Brothers Cazimero
written by: Robert Cazimero

3. "Lei Pua Keni-Keni" - about the lei flower "Puakenikeni".
performed by: Kealoha Kalama
written by: John K. Almeida

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