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hotel family is baba ira, I'm coming to you live from the
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male rite of passage room
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from our home and we are so excited.
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I'm so excited to be able to talk with
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you today about the holiday that we're celebrating.
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This holiday is called you moshe karam. Oh
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all right, yes, it's the Umoja karam. Ooh! You know what they say?
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They say that a family that eats together stays together
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and there's nothing, you know, black people love more than good food.
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Happy you moshe Karembeu.
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I'm going to read this quote.
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This quote is by Brother Edward Simms Jr and he
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is the founder of the Umoja Karama feast and celebration.
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The quote says
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Umoja Karama injects new meaning and solidarity
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into the black family through ceremony and symbol.
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It draws on the collective black experience
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with which most black folks are familiar
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and we are familiar with that because we,
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a lot of times we'll eat with our families during thanksgiving.
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Um we're familiar with eating and having sunday dinners were familiar with
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all of the wonderful things that come with being together with family
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but this particular holiday is culturally based and
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something that we can learn more about ourselves.
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So let's talk a little bit more about what is the emotion karama.
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Well, like we said earlier, you moshe Karamo is a celebration
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That was created in 1971. Our brother Edward Simms of Philadelphia PA
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Umoja Karamo is a Swahili term that translates translates as unity feast.
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You moshe Karembeu is traditionally held on the 4th Sunday in November.
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Its purpose is to instill a sense of unity and appreciation
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of African heritage into african families.
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The Emotion Karama Celebration is based on five epics
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of the lives of Africans in America.
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Each epic is represented by a distinct color and food.
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The feast should also include these foods,
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prayers, libations,
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historical readings and also conscious films
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should also center around these events.
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So what we're gonna do is we're gonna start off with
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a quick overview of the epics and then we're going to
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You Moshe Karama was a celebration that was created in 1971.
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My brother Edward Simms jr of Philadelphia.
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emotion. Karamo is a swahili term
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that translates as unity Feast
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Emoji Karama was traditionally held on the 4th Sunday in November.
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Its purpose is to instill a sense of unity
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and appreciation of african heritage into african families.
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The Emoji Karama celebration is based on five major
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epics in the lives of Africans in America.
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Each epic is represented by a distinct color
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and food.
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The feast should also include these foods.
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There should be prayers, libations, historical readings,
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films, conscious films that should also center around these events.
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I'm going to give you a quick overview of the epics
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epic number one.
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Black families before the mafia africa before slavery.
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This epic represents Africans prior to the
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invasions and influence of Europeans and arab colonialists
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and exploiters.
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The color. Black is used to delineate
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the unity of african people during this time period.
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Black eyed peas are. The food used to symbolize this epic,
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the second epic,
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we call it the transatlantic slave trade,
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the Alpha
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Enslavement
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and horror.
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This epic represents the captivity of Africans during which the mafia occurs.
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The color is white,
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which symbolizes the adversary and their role in
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the attempted destruction of African culture and people.
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White rice is the food used to symbolize this epic.
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The third epic is liberation and struggle
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Reconstruction,
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The great migration
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and self emancipation.
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This epic represents the fight against forced labor
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and captivity in the United States of America through revolts.
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The civil rights movement, the black power movements.
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The color is red which is used to represent those who lived and died in this service.
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Red wine or grape juice is the food used to symbolize this epic.
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The fourth epic
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stand for civil rights.
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The freedom fighters.
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This epic is very, very important to be able to understand
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this period represents freedom and the struggle of
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our people to be liberated from oppression,
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oppression can exist in many places.
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It can be subtle.
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It can be overt.
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Our liberation is representative in our growth
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awareness,
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consciousness
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and change.
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It is a rebirth of learning and the national purpose after 400 years of suppression,
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repression and oppression.
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This period.
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Color is green and it stands for the struggle of civil rights and equality.
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This period or epics. Food
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is the collard greens
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and it symbolizes the determination of our people
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by how plants spring out from the rocks
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and push their way through the sidewalks and the
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cracks and how they grow up the sides of buildings
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and even how little seed links
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grow out of rotten pieces of wood.
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We are a determined people.
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Finally
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We have epic number five, our hope for a brighter future.
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This epic
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represents the African Union,
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the African Socialist
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International,
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the ST kofta movement.
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It represents afrofuturism,
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afropunk
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and other African center perspectives for the future.
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The color is gold
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which has chosen
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for the future and it's the most valuable asset.
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Bread is a food that we use to symbolize this epic.
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This epic reminds us of our beautiful and triumphant future
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and that we
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will have an opportunity for liberation and access and success
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for our people.
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All right.
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That goes through all of our epics and today
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we were going to have the our story department.
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They're going to give you some more in
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depth information about each one of these epics.
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They will also discuss and acknowledge the contributions
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of our native and indigenous brothers and sisters,
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which is so very important to do during this time of the year.
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Please listen and take notes.
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You will be responsible for this information.
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Next up
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black families before the my offer
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Africa
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before slavery.
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