2006-08-10 18:10:17 · 11 answers · asked by lauramae917 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Kwanzaa
I thought it was a Celebration of African Heritage. According to history, Slaves had to care for, cook, clean, etc. for Slave Owners on Christmas Day. Thus, Slaves celebrated/exchanged gifts after Christmas because they were otherwise busy on Christmas Day. Currently, I would not say that it is a Holiday, if a person is not working it is because they have earned time-off or are not getting paid ---The Celebration lasts one week. However, if this Celebration will allow me a paid week off after Christmas, because it is a Holiday, I vote for it!!
2006-08-11 16:11:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Kwanzaa is a winter holiday based on several african cultures that is celebrated by many blacks in the United states.
I think it's both strange and understandable. Slavery stripped away the culture of enslaved Africans and Kwanzaa is an opportunity to recapture something from the place Africans in American once lived.
You know, the day after Jesus died a lot of people thought Christmas was a crock. Give it time people, Kwanzaa has only been around 20 or so years.
2006-08-10 19:23:14 · answer #2 · answered by Sooozy&Sanobey 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Kwanza is a festival featuring African-American culture; celebrated between Christmas and New Year.
2006-08-10 18:15:58 · answer #3 · answered by Zeta 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Kwanzaa is a non-non secular African American trip which celebrates family individuals, community, and lifestyle. it extremely is widely known for seven days: December 26 - January one million. The call Kwanzaa is derived from the word "matunda ya kwanza" meaning "first end result" in Swahili. The kinara is the middle of the Kwanzaa placing and represents the unique stalk from which we got here: our ancestry.
2016-11-04 08:22:31 · answer #4 · answered by sikorski 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abbey hit the nail on the head... it is a made up holiday.
While it celebrates some "ideals" of African cultures it also isolates others. It is almost a way of saying if you are a Christian, phoo on you! I do not personally like it ore even consider it a "holy day" because it does nothing but separate people even more.
2006-08-11 03:53:03 · answer #5 · answered by Khandee K 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it's a holiday that was made up a few decades ago to celebrate African American heritage and such. They put it around the Christmas/ Hannukah holiday season for some reason- probably so the "holiday" season includes more peopel that way.
2006-08-10 18:19:56 · answer #6 · answered by opi 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A phony holiday invented by a guy of no great repute. It amounts to a "wow we're black" sort of touchy-feely semi-african roots thang which is accorded too much deference by the politically correct.
2006-08-10 18:17:57 · answer #7 · answered by badbear 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Its a disgusting fabricated "holiday" that really should be discontinued.
2006-08-10 18:45:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I think its a christmas for anybody
2006-08-10 18:45:10 · answer #9 · answered by lanie1713 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's an excuse for all black people take off of work.
2006-08-10 18:14:13 · answer #10 · answered by Yo yo 2 · 0⤊ 5⤋