Kwanzaa, the African-American and pan-African celebration of family, community and culture, began with festivities of music, spoken words, togetherness and more throughout the region yesterday. This year's theme, "A Season of Celebration, Meditation and Recommitment," was heralded yesterday at places such as the Boys and Girls High School in Brooklyn, where members of the Kwanzaa Collective gave out awards to those who had best exemplified the holiday's principles, to individual homes, where families lit the first candle on the kinara, or candle holder. "People interested in their culture want to celebrate the good about family, community and culture, which is...