conga

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This neighbor ended up teaching young Melvin to play conga drums and introduced him to his first bass teacher.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Sometimes, as has been documented in a BBC series narrated by David Attenborough, they swap shells in a conga line, in which each crab puts on a shell discarded by a larger companion.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025

Arnaz gained celebrity as the American popularizer of the conga, an Afro Cuban line dance that his father had once tried to ban.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025

In that euphoric moment, the King's mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, then 19, had also secretly gone out among the crowds and had been part of a conga at the Ritz hotel.

From BBC • May 5, 2025

We could barely hear each other over the crisp staccato pounding of the conga drums and the shrill brass sections blaring from their stereo.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat