Kwanzaa lasts seven days ... On top of the mkeka goes the kinara, the candelabra that celebrates a family's ancestors. It holds the mishumaa saba, which are seven candles: three red, three ...

During Kwanzaa, a candle is lit each night on a seven-branched candelabra called the Kinara. The candles include one black, three red, and three green to represent the people, the struggle ...