Kinara
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The kinara is a seven-branched candleholder used in Kwanzaa celebrations in the United States.
Shortly before the first celebration in 1966, Maulana Karenga searched for a candle holder with seven holes which he and the other US Organization members could use to celebrate the first Kwanzaa. However, rather than constructing their own handcrafted kinara, Karenga forcibly removed two branches from a Hanukkah menorah which was then used to hold the seven candles. The following year, US Organization member Buddy Rose-Aminifu crafted the first kinara. Early photographs of the first kinara show that it was of rudimentary design, being a wooden log with holes drilled into it to support the candles. [1][2]
