Conga

Quick meaning: Conga is a noun meaning (music) A tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin.

Meaning

(music) A tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin.

More Meanings

1. To dance the conga.
2. (dance) A march of Cuban origin in four-four time in which people form a chain, each holding the hips of the person in front of them; in each bar, dancers take three shuffle steps and then kick alternate legs outwards at the beat; the chain weaves around the place and allows new participants to join the back of the chain.

Example Sentences

The conga dance, with its long line that might eventually sweep in everybody in the place, and the kick on the fourth beat and the fruited headdress that were to become her trademarks.

Word Forms

• congas
• congaing
• congaed

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include conguero, bongo, tumbao, candombe, bata, songo.

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