PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Thursday marked the first day of Kwanzaa, which celebrates ... day of the weeklong festival to light the first of seven candles on the kinara, one for each of ...
This year’s celebration will kick off with the African Market at 1 p.m. followed by the candle lighting ceremony ... invoke the spirit of Kwanzaa right away." The seven candles represent ...
kicking off a seven-day celebration of the African American culture and history. Kwanzaa always begins on Dec. 26 and is kicked off with a candle lighting ceremony. “Kwanzaa is an extremely ...
Kwanzaa is a seven-day holiday created in 1966 as an alternative ... Kwanzaa is celebrated with the daily lighting of candles in a ceremonial candle-holder called a Kinara. Each candle represents ...
About 40 people gathered inside City Hall in the morning to celebrate the first day of Kwanzaa, called umoja or unity, with music, dancing and the lighting of the first of seven candles signifying ...
HAMDEN — The town celebrated Kwanzaa Friday night with an event at Thornton Wilder Hall in the Miller Cultural Complex. Guests learned about the seven principles of Kwanzaa, which are ...