NYP98121201 - 12 DECEMBER 1998 - NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA Kwanzaa Fest Cultural Expo 1998, kicked off it's 17th year December 11, at the Jarvits Center in New York City. Founded by Jose Ferrer in 1981, the expo is recognized as the largest celebration of African American Culture and cooperative economics. The women of the calabash parade through the expo hall dancing and drumming to the delight of the large crowd in attendence, UPI/hrc Hayden Roger Celestin