The black candle represents the African-American people, the red is for their struggles, and the green represents their hopes for the future.

黑色的蜡烛代表非洲裔美国人，红色代表他们的奋斗，绿色代表他们对未来的希望。

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Black candle wax has buried me.

那黑色的烛蜡将我埋葬。

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Each day of Kwanzaa, usually before the evening meal, family and friends gather around the table and someone lights the candle, beginning with the black.

宽扎节期间的每一天，通常在晚餐前，家人和朋友聚集在桌子旁，由一个人从黑蜡烛开始点燃蜡烛。

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Additionally, she usually keeps a lighted candle in the room, favoring black or jewel-toned ones from Dyptique, Rigaud or Taffin for the holidays. (She cautions against placing this candle on the back of a toilet, where the flame could set someone's hair on fire.) Ms. Kemble will also leave a book of matches in the room.

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