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An African-American holiday of Kwanzaa is a holiday in which people
celebrate their African heritage. Kwanzaa starts on December 26th, and lasts until January 1st.The holiday is based on traditional "first fruits" or harvest.

Each day a lighting ceremony is followed by greetings and discussion of one of the seven principles of Kwanzaa: unity, self-determination, responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith.

Kwanzaa Songs

Kwanzaa Songs and Finger Plays

Kwanzaa Vocabulary

unity	self-determination	responsibility	cooperative economics
purpose,	creativity	faith	celebration
kinara	family	harvest	fruit
African	heritage	pride	culture

Kwanzaa Writing Activities

On Kwanzaa our family...

For dinner we cook...

My Kinara...

Kwanzaa Art & Crafts

Billy Bear For Kids: Kwanzaa

Enchanted Learning Crafts

Kwanzaa Mat

Kwanzaa Crafts
Kwanzaa Time at Kid's Domain
A Kinara for Kwanzaa Activity Page
Kwanzaa Activities from abcteach.com

Make a Kwanzaa Card

KinderArt - Kinara

Make Kwanzaa beaded necklaces.

Kwanzaa Crafts

DLTK Crafts

Kwanzaa History

The celebration of Kwanzaa began on December 26, 1966 and was developed by Dr. Maulana Ron Karenga. Kwanzaa is not a religious celebration. It is a festive and joyous celebration of the goodness of life. Kwanzaa celebrates the African American heritage, pride, family, community, and culture. The seven-day celebration begins the day after Christmas and ends on New Year’s Day. The celebration takes it roots from the African first-fruit harvest celebrations.

There are seven principles of the Kwanzaa celebration:

The seven principles are celebrated by activities which include singing, dancing, poetry, drumming, other music and feasting. One major ritual of Kwanzaa is the lighting of a candle on each of its seven days. The candles called “ mishumaa” are the colors of the Black Liberation Flag. There are three red candles, three green candles, and one black candle. The candle holder is called a “ kinara”.

Kwanzaa Literature

	The Seven Days of Kwanzaa by Angela Shelf Medearis
My First Kwanzaa Book -- by Deborah M. Newton Chocolate, Cal Massey
	Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture -- by Maulana Karenga

Kwanzaa Links

Everything About Kwanzaa

Kwanzaa.
The Official Kwanzaa Site

What is Kwanzaa?

Happy Kwanzaa

Kwanzaa Recipes

Another Kwanzaa Recipes

Kwanzaa Facts

Kwanzaa was created in 1966 in the U.S. by Maulana Ron Karenga.,

Kwanzaa means "first fruits of the harvest,"(comes from the African language of Swahili)

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During Kwanzaa, seven candles are placed in a wooden candle holder called " kinara" For each day of Kwanzaa,

one candle is lighted to celebrate a special principle.
The seven principles of Kwanzaa are: unity, self-determination, responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose,

creativity, and faith.

On each of the seven days, families will participate in an activity which symbolizes that day's principle.

Kwanzaa gifts, called zawadi, are made by hand. Gifts symbolizing African ancestry.