The night also included the lighting of the kinara, a traditional candle symbolizing the seven principles of Kwanzaa: umoja (unity), kujichagulia (self-determination), ujima (collective work and ...

Kwanzaa is celebrated with the daily lighting of candles in a ceremonial candle-holder called a Kinara. Each candle represents one of the seven principles of Kwanzaa, which in Swahili translates ...

THERE WAS DRUMMING AND DANCING, POETRY PERFORMANCES AND A LIGHTING OF THE KINARA. THE PRESIDENT OF THE SORORITY CHAPTER SAYS THE GROUP WANTED TO BRING BACK THEIR KWANZAA CELEBRATIONS. WELL ...

With the rhythms of African drums and the singing of traditional African songs, the stage was set Monday night for the continuous Kwanzaa celebration at the Tyler Public Library. The gathering ...

Laura Kelly welcomed a Topeka church to the Kansas Statehouse Monday to lead a ceremony observing Kwanzaa. St. Marks AME guided the ceremony, lighting seven candles on the Kinara that represent ...

Each night, a candle on the Kinara is lit. Each candle represents a principle of Kwanzaa using Swahili for unity (Umoja), self-determination (Kujichagulia), collective work and determination ...

Blount also shared the items that are needed when celebrating Kwanzaa: the kinara (candle holder), mkeka (mat), muhindi (corn to represent the children), mazao (fruit to represent the harvest ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Thursday marked the first day of Kwanzaa, and on Friday ... A practice of the holiday includes lighting a kinara, which holds seven candles, each representing a principle.

The drum circle was just one segment of the afternoon activities centered around Kwanzaa, a weeklong celebration ... with a demonstration of lighting the Kinara, a seven-branched candle holder ...

Ambassador of Kwanzaa. The event was filled with rhythmic drumming, soulful storytelling, and dancing. The first candle of the Kinara was lit, symbolizing the importance of togetherness in ...