**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Meeting via email.**  

Learn about Kwanzaa in this virtual presentation from Musau Dibinga, Executive Director of Origination Cultural Arts Center, and Shaumba-Yandje Dibinga, Founding Artistic Director of Origination Cultural Arts Center. Kwanzaa, celebrated December 26 through January 1, is a holiday to commemorate African heritage, during which participants gather with family and friends to exchange gifts and to light a series of black, red, and green candles. These candles symbolize the seven basic values of African-American family life: unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith. Other symbols of the holiday include the mkeka (a special placemat), kinara (candleholder), and kikombe cha umoja (unity cup). [Holiday description taken from National Geographic.]

Register directly on Zoom HERE. Sponsored by the Friends of the Tewksbury Public Library.