The Hawaiian ceremony is often conducted in Hawaiian and English. The bride wears a white holoku and the groom wears a white shirt and trousers with a color sash around his waist. The Kahuna pule (religious man) bounds the hands of the bride and groom with maile leis (symbol of the couple’s commitment to each other). Today, brides wear the fragrant maile lei entwined with pikake (white jasmine) and the groom usually wears ilima. The bride sometimes wears a haku headband instead of a traditional headpiece. Triple strands of delicate pikake are also appropriate for the mother of the bride and groom.