Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To dance the conga.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA 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 chain weaves around the place and allows new participants to join the back of the chain.
For the dance: * Borrowed from Spanish Congo (“Congo dance”), so-called for being of sub-Saharan African origin.
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