January 01, 2005
Kwanzaa Day 7: Imani
...So, the question becomes: If Kwanzaa is supposed to be a celebration that does not replace Christmas or other religious observances, if it is supposed to be something other than a "holy-day," then when we speak of imani--faith, then faith in what or who?
As far as I am concerned, for my daughters (and this just for starters):
Faith in each other--as former "wombmates" and as sisters forever; Faith in the power of friendships, like going over to a friend's birthday party today on New Year's Day, and being so happy because you hadn't seen her in a couple months ever since she moved to California, but after an hour or so it was as if you had never parted; Faith in joy and in love and in curiosity; Faith in Mommy and Daddy, and in the simple pleasure of spending New Year's Eve watching movies together and toasting at 10pm with real champagne flutes filled with real grape juice... Just for starters.
To end, enjoy our
KWANZAA 2004 PHOTO ALBUM
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Thank you very much for the wonderful Kwanzaa articles. McGruder has had critical cartoons for a couple of years about Kwanzaa, but I'd have to say that seeing someone do a good job with the holiday with their kids goes a long way to rebutting his arguments. I was explaining to my five year old twin girls about Kwanzaa using Alice Coltrane as well...but cribbing a bit from you. They had already got to celebrate Chanuka and Christmas, so why not Kwanzaa?
Posted by: Mike at January 3, 2005 09:38 PM