Kwanzaa

in December

Christians in India will buy new clothes for Christmas. Some folks will dress up as Santa and travel with the choir.

Yes

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From December 26 of one year to January 1 of the immediately following year Kwanzaa is observed. It is a seven-day celebration of the African heritage of African-American communities in the United States of America. It is similar to other winter holidays such as Diwali and Hanukkah in its including the lighting of candles as part of the festive celebrations.

Honor the African Tradition of harvest festivals.

None. The two holidays are completely different and unrelated. The only similarities are the Hanukkah practices that were borrowed from Christmas among non-Orthodox Jews, such as gift-giving and decorations.

The eight nights the candles kept burning for the people in the hide out

Maulana Ron Karenga(b. Ronald McKinley Everett, July 14, 1941) is the person responsible for the first kwanzaa. The first celebration ran from the last week of December 1966 until New Year's Day 1967. Each year since, the event celebrates the African heritage of African-American communities in the United States of America.

The color of the African peoples is what black stands for on the Kwanzaa flag. The blood shed by the African ancestors of African-Americans in the United States is what red stands for. The hope for a good future is what green stands for.

The colors of Kwanzaa are black, red and green; black for the people, red for their struggle, and green for the future and hope that comes from their struggle.

The black candle represents the first principle Umoja (unity) and is placed in the center of the kinara.

The red candles represent the principles of Kujichagulia (self-determination), Ujamaa (cooperative economics) and Kuumba (creativity) and are placed to the left of the black candle.

The green candles represent the principles of Ujima (collective work and responsibility), Nia (purpose) and Imani (faith) and are placed to the right of the black candle.

The black candle is lit first on the first day of the celebration. And the remaining candles are lit afterwards from left to right (not alternating) on the following days.

This procedure is to indicate that the people come first, then the struggle and then the hope that comes from the struggle. Each day the candles are re-lit in order. Each day, emphasis should be put on the meaning of the principle and how you have and plan to exhibit that principle throughout the year.

Celebrates African Traditions -Apex

Yes they do

Kwanzaa starts on December 26 and lasts until January 1 every year. :P

Honor the African tradition of harvest festivals.

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.

here the subject is-MAULANA

They each represent one of the 7 principles. The seven principles are: umoja (unity), kujichagulia(self-determination), ujima (collective work and responsibility), ujamaa (cooperative economics), nia(purpose), kuumba (creativity), and imani(faith).

Umoja (unity), Kujichagulia (self-determination), Ujima (collective work and responsibility), Ujamaa(collective economics), Nia (purpose), Kuumba(creativity), and Imani (faith) are the seven principles of Kwanzaa. They are symbolized in the seven candles of the special Kwanzaa candle holder called the kinara. One candle is lit the first night of Kwanzaa, on December 26. Each succeeding night through January 1, a different candle is lit, followed by the lighting of all the candles lit on the immediately preceding nights.

it started in 1966

No, depending on what religion they are, they celebrate other holidays too. (ex. African American Christians also celebrate Christmas, Easter, etc.)

An African-American holiday based upon ancient customs of Africa. Dr. Maulana Korenga created Kwanzaa in 1966. It is based upon harvest or first fruit harvest traditions found through out Africa. Dr Korenga sought to develop a celebration that would reaffirm African heritage and culture, introduce and reinforce the seven principles (Nguzo Sara), create a purely African-American holiday, serve as a communal celebration that reaffirms and reinforces the bonds between African-Americans, and serve as an act of cultural self-determination as an African people.

Kwanzaa is celebrated from December 26th through January 1st. It is a time for family and friends. It is traditional for those celebrating Kwanzaa to wear traditional African clothing. Kwanzaa incorporates seven principles in its celebration. Each day of Kwanzaa celebrates one of those principles.

The first day: UMOJA (Oo-moe-jah) Unity

The commitment to the ideal of togetherness, its the foundation, without unity neither the family nor the community can survive. Unity begins with family; on this day the family gathers and discusses how they as a family establish unity among themselves and on the larger plane among the community.

The second day: KUJICHAGULIA (Coo-gee-ha-lee-ah) Self-Determination

The commitment of taking responsibility for ones own's life.

The third day: UJIMA (Oo-gee-mah) Collective work and responsibility.

The commitment to self-criticism and personal evaluation. The family and community are reminded on this day that they are collectively responsible for its victories, achievements and failures.

The fourth day: UJAMAA (Oo-jah-mah) Cooperative economics

The commitment of communal living i.e. everyone in the family has an equal say and share in the wealth and resources of the family.

The fifth day: NIA (Nee-ah) Purpose

The commitment of reevaluating the use of individual skills and their use for good within the family and community.

The sixth day: KUUMBA (Koo-m-bah) Creativity

The commitment to the use of one's creativity for the uplifting of the family and community. The community is celebrated with a feast of foods shared this day with those who attend the feast. After the feast there are celebrations of African dancing and music.

The seventh day: IMANI (E-mahn-e) Faith

The commitment of faith in ourselves as a people.

Kwanzaa comes from a Swahili phrase 'matunda ya kwanza'. An additional 'a' was added to Kwanza so the word would have the same number of letters as there were for the Principles of 'Nguzu Saba' of Blackness.