05-01-2015, 07:18 AM
My pleasure, dakine. [
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Kenny, you are SO blessed to have pakalana growing! And, yes, you can make one of the most prized lei with the flowers, although the little bunches placed around the house is indeed heavenly.
If you have enough to make a lei, just carefully take off the bottom green stem, and sew the blossoms from front to back. It's a BIG help to have a lei needle, which is quite long, and can handle more than a few blossoms at once.
The pakalana is as prized as pikake for the scent. The song "Lei Pakalana", was performed and recorded by the Kingston Trio in the 50's. Written by Samuel Omar, he expresses the overwhelming sweetness of the pakalana.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xoolzx_Uxgo
Later, during the formation of "hapa haole" songs, and groups who performed at Waikiki, the "Hawaii Calls" show helped make the Kalima Brothers & the Richard Kauhi Quartette famous with this song. Here is their rendition:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfJ2pB9cb-A
Hau'oli Lei Day, Kenny!
JMO.
]Kenny, you are SO blessed to have pakalana growing! And, yes, you can make one of the most prized lei with the flowers, although the little bunches placed around the house is indeed heavenly.
If you have enough to make a lei, just carefully take off the bottom green stem, and sew the blossoms from front to back. It's a BIG help to have a lei needle, which is quite long, and can handle more than a few blossoms at once.
The pakalana is as prized as pikake for the scent. The song "Lei Pakalana", was performed and recorded by the Kingston Trio in the 50's. Written by Samuel Omar, he expresses the overwhelming sweetness of the pakalana.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xoolzx_Uxgo
Later, during the formation of "hapa haole" songs, and groups who performed at Waikiki, the "Hawaii Calls" show helped make the Kalima Brothers & the Richard Kauhi Quartette famous with this song. Here is their rendition:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfJ2pB9cb-A
Hau'oli Lei Day, Kenny!
JMO.