Many fresh vegetables come in a bunch with a quarter-inch rubber band wrapped around them... they are wonderful as ...

Attendees donned ankara-print clothing, daishikis and other traditional West African-inspired attire as they dined on Black ...

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 ...

WEST CHESTER — Kwanzaa is an African American celebration ... so that it would have a symbolic seven letters.” Seven candles are lit during the daily lighting of the Kinara.

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 ...

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

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 ...

Carol Richardson, cultural affairs manager for the city of Gainesville’s Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs department, ...

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 ...

“Kwanzaa means first fruits in Swahili,” said JT McElrath ... Nikki ended the event with a demonstration of lighting the ...

“Kwanzaa means first fruits in Swahili ... event with a demonstration of lighting the Kinara, a seven-branched candle holder with red, green and black candles. Each day, celebrants light ...