Kwanzaa

Christmas celebrates the birth of Christianity's saviour, Jesus Christ. Chanukah celebrates a military victory and the miracle that followed it of one day's worth of oil lasting eight days. Kwanzaa celebrates qualities that one tries to develop to be a good citizen and person. That said, they do have one thing in common: all are holidays that occur in midwinter and celebrate use light to celebrate, alleviating the depths of the dark short days of winter and signalling that Spring will eventually come.

ambavada village, rathnagiri district..

people decorate their houses with the colors of the flag. People lay out straw in a special place in a house. people light candles each day and do a celebration for each one.

Panza its a spanish word it means belly

No, Kwanzaa is not religious. Instead, it is essentially cultural and ethnic. Specifically, it celebrates cultural and ethnic aspects of being African-American in the United States of America.

Kwanza is when Africans celebrate another day alive in the harsh world of Africa where children are frequently eaten by lions, large birds, or mosquitos.

A Kinara is a carved, wooden candle holder, used to house the 7 candles which are part of the celebration of Kwanzaa. The Kinara should be hewn from natural, untreated wood, contain metal cups in the wells for each candle for safety, and usually has a culturally relevant image carved in the Kinara. Each candle represents one of the 7 principles of Kwanza. These principles are to be used throughout the year by African and African American (Black) people of the Diaspora for the betterment of themselves, their families and their collective nation. Candles are used in many traditional African rituals and celebrations, as they provide one of the four necessary elements of life; fire. The candle also represent light, which is used to light our way through the ever present darkness of ignorance, showing us the way to a bright new future!

Habari Ghani! Imani!

In about 1967 0r '68 I was an explorer who followed some coworkers to the home of some very nice people who lived in our large urban city .It was a very beautiful place during hat time. I found that my friends knew others who referred to themselves as " "black nationlist". To this day, I still don't know who these people were. I just know they held deep rresentment at that time for the"white man ". Their conversations almost entirely focused on their perceived views on how the black race was so damaged by the white man and how religion ( Christ and Christmas to ) offered the chance for an even stronger hold on the minds of he black man...-even on our children"

Many of these peole were just t living together in these large homes arranged aclose by one another.. some with more than one woman ( I found out) and they were having children like they were all one big family. I felt like they were cultish and never went back there after my initial visit. That visit also presented with a Bold and large black man who smoked dope and who ranted about starting a "Qwanzaa" celebrqtion. It took him a while, but he eventulally got it going in our home town. He barked about and ridiculed Christmas and Jesus Christ-saying that it was the white man's hold on the black man's mind . He denounced Christmas and Jesus Christ. Once, they invited a speaker to come, who was a large black man who talk for a considerable amount of time about the plight of the black man in America and how we had nothing to unite us. He went on about the plight of the black man in America and then introduced the idea of this "Quanzaa" ( SP???) He spoke of creating a holiday around Christmas to take the mind of the blacks off the "White Man's Cristmas and Christ. He wanted our chldren to learn of this celebration and he wanted them be taught about these principles as they embraced a red, black and green flag/banner. Then he went off to a corner and smoked dope with a few of his followers. I was appalued and vowed ot never return. My mother would have killed me had she known.

Well it's taken him since then, and now-low and behold , many of us are celebrating this man-made , non African related holiday that has penetrated many schools where our chlidren can celebrate, but can't utter the name of Jesus. We're forgetting Christ -more and more at Christmas , and Christmas more and more over their Qwanza(sp?).

My best friend from Nigeria,Africa says that there is nothig African about Qwanza, including many of the names they give as " African derived -she said are made up and not even of African origin.Take it for what it's worth, but that's a truth I lived and watched develope. Every principle they speak of is already addressed by Jesus Christ--except, they ignore him.

Each to his own, but I have never, nor will I ever celebrate Qwanzaa. Perhaps if they changed it to June-July, when most of our kids are out of school and need distractions and "Loving " so that will deviate from killing each other, it might have more credence and perhaps even help save a life, but to place the date between Christmas and New Year? What prayerful Christian can't see the full picture here? We should be celebrating the greatest " Gift"..that of the birth of our Savior..Jesus Christ. He is truly the reason for the season celebration. As I recall the experience I had as a young woman, I recall this plot to denouce our Christ. Beware Qwanzaa celebraters. Know whose foot steps you're following in. May God bless and keep you and your familes.

kwanzaa and thanksgiving have similar foods

December 26 to January 1.

It is a week long celebration.

The kinara is the candle holder used in Kwanzaa celebrations.

Kwanzaa is a jewish word and the Jewish language has different laws then the english language. so in Jewish this is how to spell the word kwaszaa.

when evere you want

People who celebrate Kwanzaa are African American.

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.

Santa Clause has reindeer's and many other animals like Elfs is that an animal

If your smart enough than go and check for me

Thank You ever so much who ever does it.

LOL

No, they dont because not all are christians so no!

Kwanzaa is a week-long holiday celebrated primarily in the United States, honoring African heritage,

The oficial Kwanzaa web site is below in related links.

The word is related to Swahili "kwanza" meaning "first".

first fruits of the harvest

well, people have fun:)

Kwanzaa.

they both have the colors green and red you receive gifts and it occures at the end of the year

They are all celebrated around the same time!