Talk:Conga line

Why is this page such a vandalisation magnet? -RS

Cuz nobody's watching it. Need a few more people to put it on their watch list.Kristinwt 04:59, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Origin

I'm not sure it was wise to remove the statement :

Some say was originated by African slaves doing the dance while chained together, and has important associations with Afro-Cuban Santería religion. 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.

isn't really a great source to claim it is a Latin-American dance. There are many reasons to believe it could be a dance of African origin used in Cuba, and made popular in America that way. suggests it's a Cuban dance of African origin, and that the name Conga is American Spanish, probably from feminine of congo black person, from Congo, region in Africa. I've personally seen Kongo people among other people from the Congo dance a dance resembling a Conga line, although with different steps

Here's what the OED says for Conga:

[American Sp., a. Sp. conga fem. of congo of or pertaining to the Congo (see CONGO).]

1. a. A Latin-American dance of African origin, usu. performed by several people in single file and consisting of three steps forward followed by a kick. Cf. CONGO 1.

--moyogo 02:36, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

References

I added the YouTube video so posterity could see the motion in action. Dunno if that's proper. I'm hoping that the non-professional taping of the intermission is public domain. Dunno how to include a live sample.Kristinwt 04:59, 30 July 2007 (UTC)