World Record Lei
In Hawaii May Day is known as Lei day. A Journalist in the 1920’s came up with the name from the beautiful flower lei’s popular in Hawaii.
Volunteers hoping to set a world record for the longest lei strung together flowers that stretched for over a mile at Kapiolani Park in Waikiki on Thursday May 1st, organizers said.
Video, photos and witness statements documenting the lei, which measured 5,336 feet in length, will be sent to Guinness World Records, organizers said.
On this 81st annual Lei Day, hundreds of volunteers came together to be a part of a record-breaking event.
One by one they proudly held up the world’s longest fresh flower lei for all to see.
“We went over a mile!” said Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hanneman (D-Honolulu).
Success seems all but certain, because organizers say there currently isn’t a Guinness record for the world’s longest lei.
Mayor Mufi Hannemann is expected to announce within a few weeks whether the record is official.
Chopper 8 captured exclusive video of a sight Guinness Book officials have to see to believe.
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