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symbols | A color that stands for blood. Blood that was lost fighting for freedom. |  | The way a certain group of people live. English people have their own culture or way of doing things, as do Native Americans and African Americans. |  | When you use one thing to stand for another. An example is when you use a heart to mean love. |  | A banner with colors. The Kwanzaa flag has bands of red, black, and green. |
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green| | A holiday to help Black Americans learn to value their culture. | | | A color that stands for the land. | | | A party, a happy time | | | An African language spoken widely in Africa. |
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Swahili| | A cup everyone drinks from to show unity with family and the struggle the ancestors had for freedom. | | | An African language spoken widely in Africa. | | | A woven, flat covering, that the Kwanzaa symbols sit on. It might also be a piece of cloth in an African pattern. | | | A symbol of freedom, justice, and equality. |
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straw mat| | A symbol to give honor to dead family members. This juice or water is poured near the beginning of the celebration. It is in the unity cup. | | | A woven, flat covering, that the Kwanzaa symbols sit on. It might also be a piece of cloth in an African pattern. | | | These sit in the Kinara. There are seven of them in three colors. One is lit for each day of Kwanzaa. | | | Words put to music about a principle for the day. There would be seven songs for Kwanzaa. |
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drink| | People whose family came from Africa. | | | An ear of this is used as a symbol for each child in a family. | | | A symbol to give honor to dead family members. This juice or water is poured near the beginning of the celebration. It is in the unity cup. | | | A way to keep all the candles together; often made of wood. |
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unity cup| | The middle color on the Kwanzaa flag. The symbol for African-American people. | | | A cup everyone drinks from to show unity with family and the struggle the ancestors had for freedom. | | | When you use one thing to stand for another. An example is when you use a heart to mean love. | | | A large land mass east of the United States. |
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red| | A color that stands for blood. Blood that was lost fighting for freedom. | | | The number of principles for Kwanzaa. There are also the same number of symbols in Kwanzaa. | | | Words that are said; like a promise. | | | The man who created Kwanzaa in 1966. |
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principles| | Basic or simple truths | | | Passing down ways of doing things from family to family. | | | Special presents that are given each day of Kwanzaa or together on the last day. | | | The number of principles for Kwanzaa. There are also the same number of symbols in Kwanzaa. |
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black| | The middle color on the Kwanzaa flag. The symbol for African-American people. | | | When you use one thing to stand for another. An example is when you use a heart to mean love. | | | Words that are said; like a promise. | | | A symbol to give honor to dead family members. This juice or water is poured near the beginning of the celebration. It is in the unity cup. |
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Kwanzaa| | A way to keep all the candles together; often made of wood. | | | An African language spoken widely in Africa. | | | People whose family came from Africa. | | | A holiday to help Black Americans learn to value their culture. |
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corn| | These sit in the Kinara. There are seven of them in three colors. One is lit for each day of Kwanzaa. | | | Basic or simple truths | | | A holiday to help Black Americans learn to value their culture. | | | An ear of this is used as a symbol for each child in a family. |
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song| | The man who created Kwanzaa in 1966. | | | A symbol of freedom, justice, and equality. | | | The way a certain group of people live. English people have their own culture or way of doing things, as do Native Americans and African Americans. | | | Words put to music about a principle for the day. There would be seven songs for Kwanzaa. |
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