Welcome & Happy Kwanzaa Nubian Queens and Kings
KWANZAA the celebration of Black People
affirming their commitment to themselves,
their community and the struggle for equality.
This celebration is observed for 7 days along
with 7 principles being focused on each day.
Celebrated from December 26th til January 1st.
The Seven Principles of Kwanzaa:
UMOJA - December 26th is about Unity
Fighting for and keeping unity in one's
family, nation, race and community.
KUJICHAGULIA - December 27th is about
self-definition and determination. How
one names his/herself, this name speaks
in behalf of and expresses who you are.
UJIMA - December 28th is about Accumulative
work and responsibility. To uplift
and upkeep our community and take on
our Brothers & Sisters problems as our
own and we find solutions together.
UJAMAA - December 29th is about Cooperative
Economics. Building and keeping our
own stores, shops and/or businesses
in which to profit from them together.
NIA - December 30th is about Purpose. To make
it our united aim or task to the building
and restoration of our community in order
to achieve our traditional greatness.
KUUMBA - December 31st is about Creativity. To
do the best we can with our abilities
to leave our community more beautiful
and beneficial to others than we have
initially had inherited it.
IMANI - January 1st is about Faith. Believing
with heart and soul in our people, parents,
teachers, leaders and the righteousness and
victory or our struggle.
These symbols are what Kwanzaa is all about,
what it represents in the life of those who
celebrate it. Come on a celebration with me
back to your roots as it were and experience
Afrocentric life and the family, your community
and what you do to make it better all around you.
What are my favorite things associated
with Kwanzaa?
It would have to be Reading from the
the Sacred Literature, the African
Pledge, the meditating and reflecting
on the colors of the flag and candles
and the poetry and the dancing.
The Candle Lighting Ritual which is most
important to all of us but you have never
seen what it is like to have the feast and
gifts till you have celebrated Kwanzaa.
True humbleness and appreciation is felt.
Respect for the ancestors and each other.
If you haven't seen or celebrated it, why
not see for yourself I promise you won't
be disappointed and will come away with a
more meaningful experience ever celebrated.
My Birth name is Felisa (derived from Spanish)
which means "Happy". Pronounced (Fay-lee-saa)
naming myself a name to me would be: Farisa
(faa-ee-zah) in African means "to make happy"
I am a mixture of cultures but true to myself
for I love my name and what it represents for
I am happy and love to make others happy too!
My aim is to be the best I can be and to share
knowledge, power, skills and my business with
my brothers and sisters. All I have I give to
benefit everyone. I love creating things and
have found different ways in which they can be
used for the good of the community. I do
wholeheartedly support my nubian friends and
family in all they do and with their very own
businesses I frequent. A nation that struggles
together will stand together we must take pride
in each other and get a sense of what Kwanzaa
means and how it affects us all in the long run.
To me we are all family and should act like it.
What are your aims and goals this Season?
Would love to hear them why not leave them behind
in my guestbook before you go on your journey?
Peace, love, truth and the pursuit of happiness
I wish you all but mostly unity among us all.
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back to your site if you like them.
Happy Kwanzaa and Hotep! Everyone
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