Should Kwanzaa be a real holiday?

Question

I was wondering if Kwanzaa should even be considered a holiday, yes it celebrates a cultural heritage but so does beerfest. If we as a nation try to celebrate all our cultures we will drift away from the whole American perspective. Any thoughts?

Answer 1

No no NO!
You are right we need to concentrate on being Americans!

Answer 2

I'm sick of worrying about offending someone with Merry Christmas or whatever.

So I went back to the pagan roots and started saying "Have a Sparkling Solstice" since the winter solstice is Dec 21. I figure its close enough and if I'm going to offend one group of people, I might as well try to offend everybody.

Oh, and to the ones that are going to be Hatriots and say "WE LIVE IN AMERICA AND WE CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS HURRRRR!!!!" Jewish people are American too, does that mean they have to celebrate Christmas?

Answer 3

properly, you're in basic terms propose what if somebody mentioned your hoilday is that. of direction this is a real trip. it celebrates cohesion between a race in a favorable way. Any excuse to savour the individuals you adore is a sturdy element. i do no longer have fun Kwanza yet possibly i will initiate.

Answer 4

Drift away from an American perspective? Hmmmm. Try the following on for a perspective:
Kiswahili is the language privileged as the main means of communication of the rituals. The word itself, Kwanza is the Kiswahili word for beginning. It comes from the verb ku-anza, that is, to begin. It indicates thus the firm determination of a community to begin a new year of committment, hard work and fulfilment that require collective effort. The week of celebration is also an opportunity to highlight seven principles that serve as the building blocks of Ubiquity. They represent the aspiration and the goals each community sets itself collectively and its members individually. These seven principles are the following:
Umoja (Unity). This is to strive for a principles and harmonious togetherness in the the family, community, nation and world African community.
Kijichagulia (self-Determination). To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for our ourselves and speak for ourselves instead of being defined, named, created for and spoken for by others.
Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility). To build and maintain our community together and makes our sisters' and brothers' problems our problems and solve them together.
Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics). To build our own businesses, control the economics of our own community and share in all its work and wealth.
Nia (Purpose). To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community\ in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.
Kuumba (Creativity). To do always as much as we can in the way we can in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than when we inherited it.
Imani (Faith). To believe with all our heart in our Creator, our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.

Seems to me these would be pretty good things to add to the American perspective....

Answer 5

no