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mkeka
mkeka
English
Noun
mkeka (plural mkekas)
- The decorative mat on which ceremonial symbols are laid out during Kwanzaa celebrations.
- 2005, Christine Webster, How to Draw Kwanzaa Symbols (page 6)
- Some African Americans use handmade, African mkekas. Some people weave their own mkekas at home. The mkeka is a very important symbol of Kwanzaa because all of the other holiday symbols rest upon it.
- 2005, Christine Webster, How to Draw Kwanzaa Symbols (page 6)