The tradition
The conga line is a novelty line dance that was derived from the Cuban carnival dance of the same name and became popular in the US in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. In order to perform the dance, dancers form a long, processing line, which would usually turn into a circle. It has three shuffle steps on the beat, followed by a kick that is slightly ahead of the fourth beat. The conga, a term sometimes mistakenly believed to be derived from the African region of Congo, is both a lyrical and danceable genre, rooted in the music of carnival troupes or comparsas.¶
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Conga line”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.¶
Conga line is international novelty dance, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition.1¶
The source record links this tradition to 7 external registers, which can be verified through the citation.1¶
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What it mixes with
Artists and institutions
Sources
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| Wikidata: Conga line (Q1474245) | database | Wikidata |
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