PictariaPictaria

4×4

Kukui Lei

Exotic Leis

A glimpse inside

Enjoy the picture, its story, and Sneak Peek. To move the tiles, choose this album as one of your three free albums in My Home.

Kukui Lei

“Kukui” — candlenut, light and enlightenment

Kukui, the candlenut, is Hawaiʻi's state tree. Its oily nuts were burned for light — strung on a midrib, each one gave about fifteen minutes of flame — and the polished black lei has come to symbolize enlightenment and protection.