It’s never obligatory to be original from the location of your wedding. Many newlyweds today decide to get married abroad without even knowing the venue they picked. Destination weddings are so popular these days that nothing really surprises us anymore. We’ve seen couples tying the knot in the desert, in Africa and other eccentric places around the world. Choosing a foreign region for the wedding day is definitely a very exciting thing to do. Let’s take for instance Hawaii. This is not the most relevant case of a foreign unconventional destination for a wedding.

Many brides and grooms of today decide to fly to Hawaii just to plan a traditional wedding ceremony. You can choose any other theme while enjoy the exotic vibrancy of the locale. But it would be more adequate to follow the traditional wedding customs of the region and plan a truly unique and meaningful wedding. There are many beautiful and interesting customs and rites to get inspired from when it comes to the Hawaiian wedding ceremony cult. But you should feel free to incorporate just a few of them or those that you feel closer to your personality and vision. Hawaiian weddings are based on a lot of flowers and romantic rituals.

Traditional Hawaii Wedding Ceremonies (Source: weddingdecoupage.com)

The exchanging of the leis is one of the most specific and famous Hawaiian ritual that you can incorporate in your own wedding. This rite takes place at the very beginning of the ceremony. The flower leis signify love, appreciation, cherish and respect. These leis are usually exchanged by the bride and groom but they are worn by everybody present at the ceremony. The leis are similar to wedding rings, as they symbolize the eternity of love and the never-ending love. The circle of flowers signifies everlasting love, commitment and devotion. These leis can be made of different types of blooms. The specific of this tradition is to insert as many different blooms as possible, as a sign of fertility and prosperity.

Traditional Hawaii Wedding Ceremonies (Source: weddingdecoupage.com)

It’s also customary for the bride to wear a flower wreath on her head during the ceremony instead of a classic veil. The attire consists of white cloths. The groom usually wears a colorful sash around his waist. Your groom and his groomsmen can wear aloha shirts and colored pants. But this is not a formality to conform to by everybody. But to get into the mood of the beach you should definitely dress in a more festive way. The music played at a Hawaiian ceremony is usually based on a particular song: Ke Kali Nei Au, by Charles King. Perhaps you’ve heard it before in Blue Hawaii movie, sung by Elvis Presley. Remembering deceased family members is also a nostalgic tradition incorporated in Hawaiian weddings.

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