Each night, one of those candles is lit. The candles are the same colors as the Kwanzaa flag: Black representing the people, red their struggle and green their hope. Large Kwanzaa celebrations ...

Together, these candles illuminate the principles and path forward. Contemporary Kwanzaa celebrations blend traditional elements with modern expressions of African American culture. The karamu ...

Place a mat, called mkeka, down, and place the rest of the Kwanzaa symbols on or alongside it. Place the Kinara (candleholder) on the mat and the Mishumaa Saba (seven candles) within it.

Woman lighting a display of colorful Kwanzaa candles, surrounded by her family - SeventyFour/Shutterstock Like many of the winter holidays, the food traditions loom ...

Every year on December 26, the annual commemoration of African-American culture that is Kwanzaa begins. Observed predominantly in the US and across nations of the African diaspora in the Americas ...

Kwanzaa always begins on Dec. 26 and is kicked off with a candle lighting ceremony. “Kwanzaa is an extremely important holiday. It’s not a religious holiday but it’s a purely cultural ...

Kwanzaa is celebrated Dec. 26 to Jan. 1 each year and is an important time for families to come together and celebrate African-American culture. In Aiken, a kinara with candles, a sign with ...

Those who celebrate Kwanzaa will light a candle on a kinara, a seven-slot candle holder that symbolizes the seven principles of Kwanzaa: umoja (unity), kujichagulia (self-determination), ujima ...