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Kwanzaa
Established by Maulana Karenga, Kwanzaa is a seven-day festival in the US (December 26 to January 1) aimed at strengthening African-American culture and heritage. The celebration culminates in a feast where gift-giving usually takes place.
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What is the principle for the fifth day of Kwanzaa?
Nia is the principle for day five in Kwanzaa. It means "purpose." It is one of the seven principles that are celebrated by seven candles in the special candle holder called the kinara.
What are the gifts the African Americans get for Kwanzaa?
Handmade gifts are encouraged to promote creativity and discourage commercialism. Accepting a gift makes the receiver part of the family. A kinara is the candle holder that holds the seven candles.
What are three of Kwanzaa's seven symbols and their meanings?
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.
What are the English words for Kwanzaa?
Umoja (Unity), Kujichagulia (Self-Determination), Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics), Nia (Purpose), Kuumba (Creativity), and Imani (Faith)
What do the seven candles lit each day of Kwanzaa mean?
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- Unity
- Self-determination
- Collective work and responsibility
- Cooperative economics
- Purpose
- Creativity
- Faith
What country is Kwanzaa located in?
Dr. Maulana Karenga made up the holiday(week) and claims it is celebrated across the world.
Is Kwanzaa a traditional observance?
No, Kwanzaa is not a traditional observance based upon traditional celebrations. Instead, it is a yearly festivity that celebrates the African heritage of African-American communities in the United States of America. It has been held every year since its launching in 1966. So it can be said that a tradition of holding Kwanzaa is established even though the celebrations do not reflect the continuation of any one specifically traditional observance in history.
go to playlist.com and search Kwanzaa and it should get a good songs. Or there is a song called beautiful Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa lights, African joy. Beautiful songs. very beautiful
In what year was Kwanzaa first established and who is credited for this?
Maulana Ron Karenga(b. Ronald McKinley Everett, July 14, 1941) is the person responsible for the first kwanzaa, in 1966.
Specifically, 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 celebrations always are held on the same date and in the same way each year. So the first celebration in 1966 was the beginning of a festive celebration that has become a traditional part of African-American culture.
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What do the colors of Kwanzaa candles signify?
red represents death red represents love red represents blood. black represents the freedom. the green represents the grass the African American had to eat. grean represents the gold they found and grean represents the food. =)
What is the cultural significance of Kwanzaa?
There are few holidays we can actually attribute to one man's vision. Kwanzaa is such a holiday - coined by Ron Karenga in 1966.
Who was Ron Karenga?
Glad you asked.
He is a convicted felon - sentenced five years after inventing Kwanzaa for torturing two black women by whipping them with electrical cords and beating them with a karate baton after stripping them naked. He placed in the mouth of one of the victims a hot soldering iron, also scarring her face with the device. He put one of her big toes in a vise, and detergent and running water in both of their mouths.
But that wasn't the beginning of the bizarre and violent behavior of Karenga, the patron saint of Kwanzaa - not by a long shot.
Just about the time he was dreaming up this new holiday, he was also inventing a new political movement on the campus of UCLA. That movement was called "black cultural nationalism." His group was called United Slaves. And it was defined mainly by violent confrontations with the Black Panthers at UCLA. Two of his followers shot dead two members of the Panthers in 1969.
But no sooner did Karenga get out of prison on the torture charges in 1975 than all was forgotten about his criminal and violent past. He was proclaimed Saint Karenga. Four years later, he was running the Black Studies Department at California State University in Long Beach.
How did he get that job in academia with his record?
Glad you asked again.
Paul Mulshine, who has done an admirable job of chronicling Karenga's history for FrontPagemag.com, has a theory.
Karenga had a jailhouse conversion.
No, he did not become a born-again Christian. He did not renounce violence. He did not even repudiate his past. But he did become a Marxist.
And, while becoming a Christian might have disqualified him for a role in the world of the modern U.S. university, a conversion to Marxism was perceived as a sign of rehabilitation. The one-time psychopath had seen the light.
In conclusion, I hope this little cultural and history lesson helps you see the light - about Kwanzaa. It's being taught to your kids in your government schools. It's become a commercial bonanza in black communities through the United States. And, now, even the president of the United States is praising it as a legitimate holiday.
Good grief. What's wrong with America?
What music is played on Kwanzaa?
These Kwanzaa songs & lyrics are available from a variety of albums:
Celebrating Kwanzaa - Marla Lewis
Chant and Sing for Kwanzaa: K-W-A-N-Z-A-A! - Caroline and Danny
Kwanzaa Song - Songs For Teaching®
Kwanzaa is Here - Greta Pedersen
Holiday Song - Joyce Paultre
Holidays Are Fun - Music with Mar.
What does the green candle stand for on Kwanzaa?
In Kwanzaa, the colours of the candles are simple: black for the people, red for their struggle, and green for the future and hope that comes from their struggle. Hope this helps.
