A special holiday called Kwanzaa celebrates African culture. Kwanzaa is a cultural holiday which lasts for seven days, from December 26th to January 1st, and includes seven principles. Kwanzaa is not religious. It does not celebrate an event. It celebrates a whole race of people. Kit contents: Video: Holiday Facts & Fun: Kwanzaa; 13 min. with teacher guide, DVD: Seven Candles for Kwanzaa, Activity book with music CD: Kwanzaa for Young People (and Everyone else!), Kwanzaa by Lola M. Schaefer (4 copies), Kwanzaa: Why We Celebrate it the Way We Do by Martin Hintz & Kate Hintz (3 copies) and Kwanzaa Holiday Cooking (7 copies) by Emily Raabe.