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False, the menorah is not a traditional symbol of Kwanzaa. True, it is a candleholder with places for nine candles to celebrate the Jewish holiday Hanukkah. But there also is a special candleholder with which to celebrate Kwanzaa. It is called the kinara, but has places for only seven candles.
The green candles are vision candles - candles of hopes, dreams, and promises for the future in Kwanzaa
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Unity, self-determination, collective responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith are what the seven candles represent in kwanzaa. The candles are color coded. Three are red, one is black, and three are green. The previously mentioned colors are arranged in left-to-right order.
The candleholder used during Kwanzaa is called a kinara. It sits on an mkeka, or mat.
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Seven (7) candles are found on the Kwanzaa kinara. Specifically, there are three red, one black, and three green. The previously mentioned colors are arranged in left-to-right order.
Candles at Nine was created in 1944.
There is really little tradition for Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa was started in the United States in 1966 and has not had time to develop lengthy traditions.
The crops, the mat, the kinara, the corn, the seven candles, the unity cup, and the gifts are the symbols of kwanzaa. Specifically, the kinara is the candle holder for the three red, one black and three green candles of the lighting ceremony aspect of kwanzaa. The candles celebrate unity, self-determination, collective responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith.
They symbolize the joining of the Homosapien to the religious aspects of the Kwanzaa belief and it is with this spiritual connection that these candles help us relate to who was and who will become.