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One of the seven day Kwanzaa holiday involves the singing of Kwanzaa music on the Kwanzaa feast. Singing or playing of Kwanzaa music is a way to commemorate the Kwanzaa holiday. The Kwanzaa music covers everything from the informative lyrics on the history and origin of Kwanzaa holiday to the educative sing-along lines in African languages. There are lots of sing-along Kwanzaa music for children and adults.

Kwanzaa music are composed by both African and non-African artiste. Most Kwanzaa songs, are played with the use of African instruments like the talking drums and rattles. Here are some interesting Kwanzaa songs and music.

Kwanzaa Theme Song

Chorus
Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa
This is a song about Kwanzaa (Kwanzaa)
This is a song about Kwanzaa (Kwanzaa)
This is a song about Kwanzaa (Kwanzaa)
This is a song about Kwanzaa (Kwanzaa)

Verse 1
This is a message for everybody
You, your bredren, your sistren and your family
The word Kwanzaa means First Fruits in Kiswahili
It’s a special time for you and for me
It’s from December 26th to the first of January
But we have to live it out daily-lee-lee-lee (Everyday)
A time to reaffirm our values and our identity
And fight the negative results of slavery
It’s start was 1966 by Maulana Karenga
I tell you that ya man he is a professor
He teaches Black studies inna California
The roots of Kwanzaa come from Afrika
We the Afrikans living in the diaspora
We pull upon this energy so we can prosper
That’s the Seven Principles called the Nguzo Saba

Principle number 1 - UMOJA
Principle number 2 - KUJICHAGULIA
Principle number 3 - UJIMA
Principle number 4 - UJAMAA
Principle number 5 - That’s the one NIA
Principle number 6 - KUUMBA
And number 7 you see, is called IMANI

Chorus
Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa
You know that Kwanzaa (Kwanzaa)
Is for the people (People)
So let us tell you (Tell you)
About the symbols (Symbols)

(Repeat)
The place mat is the MKEKA
The candle holder is the KINARA
The 7 candles, the MISHUMAA SABA
The Unity cup, KIKOMOBE CHA UMOJA
The gifts that that we give are the ZAWADI
The corn is the children, it’s the MUHINDI
The fruits and veggies are the MAZAO
The BENDERA YA TAIFA are the colors that flow
Before the 7 days of celebration are through
We all have a feast called the KARAMU

Chorus
Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa
(Repeat)

by Okera Ras I. Copyright 1994

It’s the holiday seasons again. Hanukkah celebration, Christmas and Kwanzaa, then coms the New year.

Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday celebrated for eight nights and days.  It begins on the 25th of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar and ends on the 2nd or 3rd Tevet(which is November - December on the Gregorian calendar)
Hanukkah poems can be in these poetic forms:Couplet, Acrostic,  Ballade, Cinquain, Alphabet and Ballad

For those of you interested in original hanukkah poems, here are some excerpts from the poems and links to where you can get the full copies.

1. Careful When You Light the Chanukah Candles by Ludwig Senfl

Careful when you light the Chanukah candles!
Have some water nearby just in case
A candle teeters at some crazy angle,
Not having been quite twisted into place.
Unexpected things can sometimes happen…

2.  Candles Dance on Their Menorah by Charles Henri Valentin Alkan

Candles dance on their menorah,
Happy to be burning bright!
All the children dance the hora,
Nimbly leaping with delight!
Understand the miracle…

3.  Chanukah Itself’s the Miracle by Dimitri Shostakovich

Chanukah itself’s the miracle:
How could we remember all those years,
Aliens lost upon a shoreless sea,
Not only scattered–battered, shattered, tattered,
Unwelcome guests of hosts unmerciful,…

Excerpts from poemsforfree

The 55-year-old actor was rumored to have grown disenchanted with the bizarre sci-fi religion after the death of his son Jett in January.

But his representative Paul Bloch claims the star’s faith is as strong as ever.

Bloch told People magazine: “There’s no change in the relationship between the Church of Scientology and John. He is a member and it’s as it was, now and forever.”

Jett was 16 years old when he died after suffering a seizure in the family’s Bahamian holiday home. He was autistic, a condition not recognized by the Church of Scientology.

Rick Ross, an author and lecturer on Scientology, said: “There have been strong rumors coming out of Scientology that John Travolta is disappointed the religion was not able to help his son more.

“I think it would be very difficult for John Travolta at this stage to extricate himself from Scientology. It would be a huge move on his part because Scientology keeps files on its celebrity members containing embarrassing personal information about them.

“And Scientology has proven in the past that it has a penchant for releasing that information to embarrass people who have left and who have said things it doesn’t like. That’s why I think Travolta will want to keep his problems with the Church private.”