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Home altars vary in size, from a small shelf with one votive candle and one saint or statue, to a large table altar, with many religious images, La Virgen de Guadalupe, flowers, pictures of saints, candles; a structure that can fill up half a room.
The hill of bouquets had become so mountainous that it had to be carted off to a local children's hospital and the candles so many that they started a small fire.
The family cleans the grave sites of loved ones, sets up flowers and candles, and visits with and prays for the departed.
Some Kwanzaa rituals, most notably the focus on candles, seem to have been borrowed from Hanukkah.
The central Kwanzaa ritual is candle lighting . First, the mkeka (straw mat) is placed on the table, along with the kinara (candleholder) and the mishumaa saba (seven candles).