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congas, plural;
  1. Dance the conga

Noun
  1. A Latin American dance of African origin, usually with several people in a single line, one behind the other

  2. A tall, narrow, low-toned drum beaten with the hands

  1. music composed for dancing the conga
  2. a Latin American dance of 3 steps and a kick by people in single file
  3. The conga, or more properly the tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum with African antecedents. It is thought to be derived from the Makuta drums or similar drums associated with Afro-Cubans of Central African descent. A person who plays conga is called a "conguero". ...
  4. Co'nga is a village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies at an altitude of 3888 metres (12,759 feet). The village has a population of about 784.
  5. Congas and comparsas are different parts of the carnivals of Santiago de Cuba. , and by extension, similar groups may be found in carnivals in Havana. ...
  6. The conga line is a Cuban carnival march that was first developed in Cuba and became popular in the United States in the 1930s and 1950s. The dancers form a long, processing line. It has three shuffle steps on the beat, followed by a kick that is slightly ahead of the fourth beat. ...
  7. Conga music is a style of Cuban music used to dance Conga.
  8. Conga is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
  9. "Conga" is the first single released by the American band Miami Sound Machine led by Gloria Estefan on their second English language album, and ninth overall, Primitive Love.
  10. a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin; 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 ...
  11. (CONGAS) A single headed hide skinned drum, (Ngoma), derrived from the Yuka & Makuta drums of Congo/Bantu origin. Made from a hollowed out tree trunk with a hide skin nailed at the top these drums have evolved to include metal hardware and sometimes have fibreglass shells. ...
  12. A tall drum played with the bare hand, typically found in Afro-Cuban music
  13. Instrument; Percussion; Drum. 1. the most important hand-drum in latin music. Usually about 30"/75cm high, the complete set of congas contains three drums with different diameter: Quinto, conga and tumba. The quinto may be left away. ...
  14. A Cuban drum derived from several African predecessors - also known as the tumbadora - originating as a solid, hollowed log with a nailed-on skin. Eventually, tuneable hardware was added and today, conga drums are made out of fiberglass as well as wood.
  15. Hand drums that offer a distinct tone similar to bongos and Djembes. These are wood drums topped with a skin of an animal hide. Congas are usually larger drums with a long body. The congas are very popular in Latin and Afro Cuban music; however they can be used anywhere.
  16. (1) A single-headed, medium-pitched, barrel-shaped drum featured in Cuban music, salsa, and Latin jazz. (2) A ballroom dance developed in Europe and the United States in the late 1930s which incorporated a simplified version of the comparsa, or street conga dancing, from Cuban carnivals.
  17. Latin-American dance performed in a single line, where dancers make energetic kicks after the end of the beat. The term is also applied too a spiral turn initiated by stepping forward on one foot, turning, then stepping forward on the other foot and ending with a point.
  18. A group dance of African roots, developed mainly in Cuba. Its rhythm is also called conga, and it's played and danced during Carnivals in Cuba.
  19. Deep wooden hand drum.(deeper and bigger then a djembe) Usually very big, these are used more for rhythm, and played in a lot of salsa, funk, and other latin grooves.
  20. a tall, narrow drum with one head that is played by beating with the hands
  21. a pink Ape-like Primate thats inhabits Swamps and Jungles. They are led by the leader called Congalala.
  22. A Conga Line is an organized system of people trying to each get referrals, or "greens". Generally when people join a Conga they must do an offer which is credited to the person at the top of the list. ...
  23. An African-Cuban dance characterized by the extreme violence of accents on the strong beats in 2/4 time. The Conga beat thus used has a rhythmic anticipation of the second beat in every other measure. The Conga was very popular in the late thirties. ...