Head to Midtown Global Market for multiple days of Kwanzaa celebration singing, dancing, storytelling, and more!
This multi-day celebration of Kwanzaa runs from Friday, December 26 through Wednesday, December 31 from 12pm to 3pm each day. Community, family, and culture will be celebrated with a variety of educational and fun activities for all ages.
The Cultural Wellness Center is bringing back its annual Kwanzaa celebration with a series of family-friendly, health-and-wellness focused events at the Midtown Global Market throughout the weeklong holiday.
This special gathering represents a return to the spirit of freedom, unity, and resilience. It is a sacred celebration acknowledging the unbreakable spirit. It’s an opportunity for the community to come together during the holiday season and honor cultural traditions.
Drumming is a big part of the celebration and will start off each day with the “Call of the Drums” during the opening ceremony.
Guests are encouraged to wear African attire to honor beauty and tradition, while showing unity through cultural expression, with each day will include African Drum and Dance and also a best dress contest and fashion show from the audience.
Activities throughout the week include storytelling, youth-led activities, performances originating from across Africa, art showcases, food, music, featured vendors, honoring elders, art activities and more!
Seven Days, Seven Principles, One Vision
Each day explores one of Kwanzaa’s seven principles through ceremony, dialogue, creative practice, and community visioning:
- December 26 – UMOJA (Unity): Creating the Unity Tapestry and understanding coherence as a living system
- December 27 – KUJICHAGULIA (Self-Determination): Reclaiming naming practices and African epistemologies of purpose
- December 28 – UJIMA (Collective Work & Responsibility): Engaging healing as collective technology through grief ritual and joy-making
- December 29 – UJAMAA (Cooperative Economics): Co-creating the Liberated Economy Map and Abundance Blueprint
- December 30 – NIA (Purpose): Developing the Purpose Codex through ancestral meditation and intergenerational alignment
- December 31 – KUUMBA (Creativity): Building the Fractal Shrine through performance, art-making, and cultural expression
- January 1 – IMANI (Faith): Launching the Elder Collective with seven-generation intentions and intergenerational blessings (Midtown Global Market is Closed)
All photos are courtesy of the Cultural Wellness Center. Visit their site to learn more about the event.
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