Celebrating Kwanzaa // The community celebrated Kwanzaa at last Saturday’s 27th Annual Capital City Kwanzaa Festival held at the Dewey Gottwald Center on the campus of the Science Museum of Virginia. Crystal Turner, right, participates in lighting the candles, each of which represents one of the seven principles celebrated by the holiday. The black candle in the middle represents Umoja, or unity, while the red candles represent Kujichagulia (self-determination), Ujamaa (cooperative economics) and Kuumba (creativity) and the green candles represent Ujima (collective work and responsibility), Nia (purpose) and Imani (faith).
