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Capital City Kwanzaa Festival


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The 2020 Capital City Kwanzaa Festival will be a multi-day event streaming nightly from Elegba Folklore Society’s website and Facebook page beginning at 7p, December 26, 2020 - January 1, 2021.

The virtual fest will feature nightly candle lighting ceremonies with discussions of the Nguzo Saba (the seven principles), performances, speakers, Watoto Kwanzaa, where “watoto,” in the Kiswahili language the holiday employs, means children, material culture and foodways demonstrations, stories, workshops, The African Market and more.