Holidays Around The World

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Holidays Around TheWorld

• Miss.Suluki

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Hanukkah

• A Jewish holiday
• When translated Hanukkah means dedication
• It is also called the Festival of Lights
• Last for 8 days and nights
• Starts on 25th day of Kislev
• Celebrates the Maccabees reclaiming the temple
  on Jerusalem's Mount Moriah in 165 BCE

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How Hanukkah is Celebrated

• Each evening of Hanukkah one candle is lit on the
  Menorah
• Families sing Hanukkah songs while watching the
  candles burn
• Latkes fried in oil, jelly doughnuts and many
  other treats fried in oil are enjoyed
• Children play with Dreidels a four sided "top"

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Kwanzaa

• An African American cultural feast
• Kwanzaa is derived from the Swahili phrase
  "matunda ya kwanza",
• When translated means "first fruits".
• Kwanzaa is celebrated from December 26 to January
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• It was Created by Ron Karenga in 1966 as the
  first African-American holiday
• There are seven symbols of Kwanzaa straw mat,
  candle holder, seven candles, corn, unity cup,
  crops, gifts

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How Kwanzaa is celebrated

• Each night an elder pours a libation of juice or
  wine from the unity cup onto the ground to honor
  the ancestors
• One candle for the principle to be celebrated
  that day is lit on the Kinara, starting with the
  black candle
• Each candle represents The Seven Principles of
  Blackness Umoja, Kujichagulia,
  Ujima,Nia,Kumbaa,Imani
• A gift is given each day to reinforce the
  principle of the day
• The Karamu is held on the last night December
  31st
• It is celebrated with food, gifts, storytelling,
  and African music.

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Eid Al-Fitr

• A Muslim feast
• When Eid Al-Fitr is translated it means
  Celebration of the Breaking of Fast
• It is a three day celebration commemorating the
  ending of Ramadan
• During the month of Ramadan Muslims fast from sun
  up to sun down
• It is celebrated on the first day of the month of
  Shawall

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