During Kwanzaa, we practice the ritual of candle lighting called “lifting up the light that lasts”, based not only in the history of our people in practice, but also from the sacred teachings of our ...

The seven candles of Kwanzaa form the Kinara, the central symbol of the holiday, which represents the seven principles (Nguzo Saba) that underlie Kwanzaa. Each candle has its own meaning and each ...

Homewood-Flossmoor residents gathered on a cold, rainy New Year’s Eve to participate in the village’s nightly candle-lighting ceremony in honor of Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. Larry and Nancy Burrows, who ...

Flossmoor’s Hanukkah and Kwanzaa celebrations concluded on New Year’s Day in Flossmoor Park with the lighting of the final candles on both the menorah and the kinara. Flossmoor resident Zack Moss lit ...

Rashad Jackson lights the Kwanzaa candles during a celebration at the Roberts Family Development Center. Russell Stiger Jr., OBSERVER By blending education, creativity, and communal support, the ...

Every year, Kwanzaa is held between Dec. 26 and Jan. 1 and each day a different principle is celebrated by lighting a candle in the Kinara — a seven branched candle holder. Each candle ...

The intricacy of this section will depend on whether or not you opt to exchange gifts every day of Kwanzaa or wait until the last day. When all the gifts have been exchanged, the candles will be ...

An ear of corn, a symbol for children, is often enjoyed. Wikipedia published the following: American black separatist Maulana Karenga created Kwanzaa ... Seven candles are lit during the daily ...

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 ...

and other symbols that represent the holiday. Front and center was a candle holder, called the kinara, which holds seven candles to represent each of the holiday’s principles. Despite Kwanzaa ...