Poet and drummer Kewape plays a drum to open the Kwanzaa program at Padua Center on Tuesday.
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Mistress of Ceremonies Diane Gordon lights the candles on a kinara representing Nguzo Saba, the seven principles of Kwanzaa, during the Kwanzaa program at Padua Center on Tuesday.
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Mistress of Ceremonies Diane Gordon pours water from the unity cup during the Libation Ceremony of Padua Center's Kwanzaa Program on Tuesday.
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Diane Flaggs, acting as the elder of the Kwanzaa program at Padua Center on Tuesday gives permission for the celebration to proceed.
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Children file back to their seats after reading aloud descriptions of the seven principles of Kwanzaa during the Kwanzaa program at Padua Center on Tuesday.
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