6th Day Of Celbration Kuumba Creativity

Sixth Day of Kwanzaa- Kuumba/CREATIVITY

 

PRINCIPLE 6.  CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

KUUMBA (KOO-M-BAH) CREATIVITY

The sixth principle relates to building and developing our creative potential. It involves both aesthetic and material creations. It is essential that creativity be encouraged in all aspects of our culture. : 

 On this day we try do as much as we can to leave our family and community more beautiful and beneficial than when we inherited it.

Each family member should find creative things to do throughout the year that will enhance the family as a whole. On this day, poetry reading, songfests, dance exhibitions and the like, can aid in promoting the importance of Kuumba.

Explanation

 

The Kuumba principle demands continuous improvement both at the personal and family level. This principle pushes families and communities, adults and youth, not to be satisfied with “just getting by”, with not being satisfied with being average or even above average. George Washington Carver, acclaimed scientist, teaches us all that: “No one has a right to come in to the world without leaving behind a distinct and legitimate reason for having passed though it.”

We should try to explain and  discuss how practice of this Kwanzaa value can help you attain your highest potential.

 

On the sixth day of Kwanzaa the family lights  the next red candle.