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Kwanzaa is a new festival in the American calendar. It is a at time
of reaffirming African-American people, from their ancestors and
culture. It was founded in 1966 by Dr Maulana Karenga. Today
more than 15 million people celebrate Kwanzaa. The word can means
“first fruits of the harvest” in the African of language, Kiswahili. It is
celebrated from December 26th to January 1st and is based out on
seven guiding principles, one for each day of the same observance.
The necessary objects to prepare the home for the celebration are the
candle holder, a straw the mat, fruit and vegetables, the equivalent
number of ears of corn forward for each of the children in the family, a
communal unity cup, seven with candles, one black, three red and
three green, and home-made in gifts (poems, photos or craft items).
People also decorate rooms up with black, red and green streamers
and balloons, flowers and African prints


18 Read about Kwanzaa and choose the words from the box to fill in the spaces.

December people three day seven centre red holiday candle

 

Kwanzaa is a (1)__________-day African-American (2)__________ which starts on (3)__________ 26. It isn’t religious or political, but it celebrates African-American (4)__________, their lives, their history and their culture.

Each family has a candle holder called a kinara. This holds seven candles, and one (5)__________ is lit each (6)__________ during Kwanzaa. The three candles on the left are green. This represents hope. The (7)__________ candles on the right are (8)__________ to represent the blood of African people. The candle in the (9)________ is black, and it represents the unity of the African people.


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