Lantern floating ceremony at Ala Moana Beach Park, Oahu, Hawaii (© Douglas Peebles Photography/Alamy)

【May 25 2015】In Honolulu, Hawaii, locals observe Memorial Day with a floating-lantern ceremony. A relatively new tradition, the “Lantern Floating Hawaii” observance began in 1999, when organizers of a Buddhist lantern-floating festival recognized that their ritual to remember relatives who’ve died was similar to Memorial Day services.Explore breathtaking Gallery from the HuluTrip homepage over the past 5 years..