Conga is a drum, a type of music, and a type of dance (Conga Line).
Conga drum
A conga is a tall narrow single-headed Cubandrum (of African origin, derived from the Congolese Makuta drums). It was initially made from hollowed logs with cowhides nailed or strung on, and used by religious groups.
In its current incarnation, it has a fiberglass or wooden shell and a screw-tensioned drumhead. They are usually played in sets of two to four with the fingers and palms of the hand. From smallest to largest diameter, the drums are the nino (25 cm), the quinto (28 cm), the conga, seguidor or tres golpes (30 cm), and the tumbadora or salidor (33 cm). Congas are now very common in Latin music.
The conga is a Latin American carnival march that became popular in the United States in the 1930s and 1950s.
Others say that Conga was not slave-chain dance, but the dancing and chanting during Easter when the “Congos” (name after the African country named Congo) or Congoleans during the festivities, followed the processions of the Virgin Mary that usually originated in different towns to a church.
The name “Conga,” as it is refers to the Cuban drum was a name given in the United States, rather than its original name.
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