7 candles: three green, three red and one black are lit one at a time, once a day. Each candle represents a different principle that emodies the ideal person a celebrator of Kwanzaa wants to achieve.

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On the first day, the group discusses unity or Umoja and lights the first candle on the kinara, a candleholder for seven candles, used in celebrating the festival of Kwanzaa. The seven candles ...