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Holidays Around the World

Holidays Around the World. Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa. How much do you know about Kwanzaa?. Not much at all Some A lot. What is Kwanzaa?. Ron Karenga December 26, 1966 December 26 through January Each day focuses on Nguzo Saba, or the seven principles

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Holidays Around the World

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  1. Holidays Around the World Kwanzaa

  2. Kwanzaa

  3. How much do you know about Kwanzaa? • Not much at all • Some • A lot

  4. What is Kwanzaa? • Ron Karenga • December 26, 1966 • December 26 through January • Each day focuses on Nguzo Saba, or the seven principles • Swahili phrase "matunda ya kwanza" which means "first fruits“ • Kwanzaa is rooted in the first harvest celebrations practiced in various cultures in Africa.

  5. What day does Kwanzaa start? • December 24 • December 25 • January 1 • December 26

  6. African cultural identity • Provide a focal point for the gathering of African peoples • Reflect upon the Nguzo Saba, or the seven principles, that have sustained Africans. • Africans and African-Americans of all religious faiths and backgrounds practice Kwanzaa.

  7. Who celebrates Kwanzaa? • Americans • Europeans • African Americans • Everyone

  8. Strengthen self-concept as a people • Honor past • Evaluate present life • Commit to a fuller, more productive future. 

  9. Way of life; not just a celebration • Week of actual remembering, reassessing, recommitting, rewarding and rejoicing • Relate to past • Reassess our thoughts and practices • Recommit to the achievement of Black liberation and the betterment of life for all Black Americans 

  10. How many different colors are on the Kinara? • One • Two • Three • four

  11. The basic symbols in Swahili and then in English are: • Mazao (The Crops)These are symbolic of African harvest celebrations and of the rewards of productive and collective labor (work). • Mkeka (The Mat)This is symbolic of tradition and history and therefore, the foundation on which we build.

  12. Kinara (The Candle Holder)This is symbolic of the African American roots, our parent people -- continental Africans. • Zawadi (The Gifts)These are symbolic of the labor and love of parents and the commitments made and kept by the children.

  13. Mishumaa Saba (The Seven Candles)These are symbolic of the Nguzo Saba, the Seven Principles. These are the values by which African people are urged to live by in order to rescue and reconstruct their lives in their own image and according to their own needs.

  14. Kikombe cha Umoja (The Unity Cup)This is symbolic of the foundational principle and practice of unity which makes all else possible. • Muhindi (The Corn)This is symbolic of our children and our future which they embody.

  15. The Kwanzaa Flag • Bendera (The Flag) • Black for the people • Red for their struggle • Green for the future and hope that comes from their struggle • National colors for African people throughout the world

  16. The Kwanzaa Flag is a…. • Memory • Flag • Symbol • paper

  17. UMOJA (UNITY) (oo-MOE-jah) - To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation and race. KUJICHAGULIA (SELF DETERMINATION) (koo-jee-cha-goo-LEE-ah) - To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves. UJIMA (COLLECTIVE WORK AND RESPONSIBILITY) (oo-JEE-mah) - To build and maintain our community together and to make our brothers' and sisters' problems our problems and to solve them together.

  18. UJAMAA (COOPERATIVE ECONOMICS) (oo-JAH-mah) - To build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit together from them. NIA (PURPOSE) (nee-AH) - To make as our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness. KUUMBA (CREATIVITY) (koo-OOM-bah) - To do always as much as we can, in the way that we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than when we inherited it. IMANI (FAITH) (ee-MAH-nee) - To believe with all our hearts in our parents, our teachers, our leaders, our people and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.

  19. Do you know more about Kwanzaa now? • Yes • No

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