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[quote=Anonymous]OP, you can try calling florists in Hawaii and CA to see if they'll FedEx overnight. It'll be expensive though. Or you can make a ribbon or candy lei with supplies purchased locally - lots of videos on youtube.

I'm Asian American and born and raised in Hawaii. Leis are given at graduation ceremonies in Hawaii no matter what ethnicity you are. There are a lot of posters here who have no clue what they're talking about. Hawaiian is an ethnicity - the Hawaiian people are Indigenous and the original inhabitants of the archipelago chain. So, no, you cannot be 100% European and also Hawaiian. You can be 100% White and born and raised in Hawaii, though. You'd be called Haole. 
That being said, there are a lot of different races and ethnicities in Hawaii and have been for a long time. People came to the Islands from all over the world for different reasons. Some where Christian missionaries, some worked on plantations, some came to study, some as tourists and never left, etc. As a result or the ethnic mix, there are a lot of people who are Hapa - or mixed race.

While the politics of colonialism in Hawaii are fraught, I have never, ever heard about the tradition of wearing a lei at graduation as a form of cultural appropriation.[/quote]

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