After all, one can’t pour from an empty cup! The first principle of Kwanzaa, Umoja, means unity. It promotes striving for unity in your community. However, one can’t be unified with others if ...

Central to the festivities is the lighting of candles and pouring of libations—a ritual act of honoring ancestors and the divine by offering drinks from a wooden unity cup. Each day of Kwanzaa ...

Created by activist Maulana Karenga, Kwanzaa is observed December 26th through January 1st with each day has a significant meaning. The first day is UMOJA, which means UNITY. On this day ...

Kwanzaa is symbolized with seven candles ... The Kikombe cha Umoja is the unity cup. You put water in the vessel and when you pour the liquid out you give thanks to ancestors by saying their ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - You can celebrate the importance of unity and dive deeper into the meaning of Kwanzaa at Plant riverside on Thursday. Kwanzaa begins on Dec. 26 and the first day core principle ...