There are so many holidays that occur during this time of the year. My family celebrates both Christmas and Kwanzaa. This is my Kwanzaa LO from 2010. I have had people ask me what the days of Kwanzaa mean. Here is a very brief overview:
Kwanzaa is a non religious holiday that is celebrated from Dec. 26-Jan.1st. It was established in 1966 by Maulana Karenga. Kwanzaa is a time of celebration and self reflection. Each day of Kwanzaa stands for a different principle or Nguzo saba. The days of Kwanzaa are as follows:
Dec.26-Umoja/Unity
Dec.27-Kujichagulia/Self-determination
Dec.28-Ujima/Collective work and Responsibility
Dec.29-Ujamma/Cooperative economics
Dec.30-Nia/Purpose
Dec.31-Kuumba/creativity
Jan.1st Imani/Faith
8 comments:
Thank you for explaining what it means!!! It sounds wonderful! I am a new follower , I love your layout!!!! beautiful!!!!
Beautiful layout Staci!!! Who will you be honoring this year? I think I'll be honoring my Mom. It's been 10 years since she passed and she loved celebrating Kwanzaa.
so nice that you get to celebrate 2 holidays and what a great LO to show traditions! Love it!
Nice lo from last year. I'm looking forward to seeing this year's lo.
Thank you for sharing this.
I love to learn about other traditions.
This is such an awesome layout...I love it!!
Very neat! I learned a little about Kwanzaa when I was teaching in public school, but it was never a personal view like this.
Lovely LO and you're making me want Thickers, lol.
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