Kwanzaa

How To Use Kwanzaa In A Sentence

• For the duration of the holiday, from Dec. 26 until Jan. 1, stores will put on Kwanzaa displays using African themes and featuring a kinara.
• This Kwanzaa holiday, I'll head out to the neighborhood store to purchase my red, black and green candles for the kinara, because I know that the strength of the U.S. economy is found in its multicultural small community owned businesses that reflect our nation's diversity. Irene Monroe: Should Kwanzaa Stay in Black Neighborhoods?
• Kwanzaa pays tribute to seven core precepts of African culture, starting with umoja, which means community, collectiveness, a real keeper of a concept. Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: First Fruits of the Harvest
• The kinara holds seven candles, and each day of Kwanzaa a candle is lit. Kwanzaa In Chicago: Events And Celebrations Of African-American Culture
• Jersey City argued in federal district (that is, trial) court that the display complied with the Constitution (as interpreted in a number of Supreme Court decisions) because the sleigh and the Santa Claus and the Frosty the Snowman and the Kwanzaa ribbons that it added to the creche and the menorah "demystified" thtose two religious symbols -- that is, drained them of their religious meaning. Is That Legal?: Will Sam Alito Respect Earlier Opinions With Which He Disagrees?
• There are gifts to buy for Christmas, Hanukkah and the African - American celebration of Kwanzaa.
• I myself know relatively little about Kwanzaa, so the section in the back in which each elf is named and given a definition, (example: “Ujima is responsible for solving problems”) passed way way over my head. Review of the Day: Santa's Kwanzaa
• As at Thanksgiving, the Kwanzaa table is bountiful, but the accent isn't turkey, it's -- as the name suggests, matunda ya kwanza, the first fruits of the harvest, from the traditional foods of Africa to the fusion dishes of the African diaspora, in the Caribbean, Latin America and here. Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: First Fruits of the Harvest
• Mayor Piper joins a long list of conservative politicians who have no objection to stamps commemorating Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, even teh Chinese New year - but a stamp devoted to the muslim holiday of Eid is singled out as a threat, requiring response from “patriotic” Americans? Global Voices in English » USA: Eid Postage Stamp Provokes Hate in Tennessee
• Kwanzaa also has seven basic symbols which represent values and concepts reflective of African culture.