The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto...
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Look up conga in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The conga is a Cuban drum. Conga may also refer to: Co’nga, a village in Tibet Conga (music), a Cuban...
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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 and 1950s...
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"Conga" is a song by American band Miami Sound Machine, led by Gloria Estefan, released as the first single from their second English-language album,...
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La Conga, also known as La Conga nightclub or La Conga club, was a Cuban nightclub located in midtown Manhattan in New York City. In September 1937, the...
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Conga is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. Recognised species in the genus Conga include: Conga chydaea (Butler, 1877) Conga immaculata (Bell...
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They Stooge to Conga is a 1943 short subject directed by Del Lord starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and...
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Orlando Conga (born Orlando Batista) is a Latin-American singer. In 2007, Conga received a nomination for a Lo Nuestro Award for Tropical New Artist of...
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The Conga Room is a Los Angeles nightlife and private events location. Founded in 1998, the Conga Room's first location was on Wilshire Boulevard in Los...
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Conga Project is a gold mining and copper mining project in Cajamarca Region of Northern Peru. It is a project of Minera Yanacocha, a company mainly owned...
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King Conga was a Fremont, California based percussion manufacturing company founded by Cirilo "Mitch" Basas in the late 1960s. They were one of the first...
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Too Cool to Conga! is a studio album by the American musical group Kid Creole and the Coconuts, released in 2001. Bongo Eddie was the only returning member...
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Chinchón (card game) (redirect from La Conga)
txin-txon, tchintchom or tchintchon). In Uruguay, the game is called Conga or La Conga. The game of Chinchón is played with a Spanish 40 or 48-card pack...
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Indira Conga Lomas (born 23 January 1994) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a full back for La Cantera and the Peru women's national team. Conga represented...
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The term conga refers to the music groups within Cuban comparsas and the music they play. Comparsas are large ensembles of musicians, singers and dancers...
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Black Lace (redirect from Do The Conga)
have success with novelty party anthems such as "Superman" and "Do the Conga". Over the years, Black Lace toured around the world. Playing party shows...
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group, the Desi Arnaz Orchestra. He was known for playing conga drums and popularized the conga line in the United States. Arnaz was born in Santiago de...
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Kunka (redirect from Cerro Conga)
Kunka (Aymara and Quechua for throat, gullet, neck, voice, Hispanicized spelling Cunca) is a mountain in the La Raya mountain range in the Andes of Peru...
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Tumbao (section Conga drum pattern)
tumbao is the basic rhythm played on the bass. In North America, the basic conga drum pattern used in popular music is also called tumbao[citation needed]...
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Conga players perform on a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum of African origin called the Tumbadora, or the Conga as it is internationally known....
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in her career, such as "Freak Le Boom Boom", "Melô do Piripipi", "Conga Conga Conga". She sold more than 15 million records worldwide. Between 1980 and...
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Inc. dba Conga, founded in 2006, provides document generation, presentation, and reporting tools for Salesforce.com. Its first product, Conga Composer...
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Mark Latham (redirect from Conga line of suckholes)
John Howard as an "arselicker" and to the Liberal Party frontbench as a "conga line of suckholes". He also described U.S. President George W. Bush as "the...
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The Urban Conga is a New York City based multidisciplinary design studio focused on investigating the idea of a “Playable City” as an ecosystem of multiscale...
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Townes Van Zandt (redirect from Rain on a Conga Drum: Live in Berlin)
recorded 1985 Down Home & Abroad (2018) – recorded 1985/1993 Rain on a Conga Drum: Live in Berlin (1991) – recorded October 1990 Rear View Mirror (1993)...
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cubano and salsa ensembles, often alongside other drums such as the larger congas and the stick-struck timbales. In these groups, the bongo player is known...
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Paraponera clavata (redirect from Conga ant)
that of getting shot. Other names are the "lesser giant hunting ant" and "conga ant". Paraponera clavata was first described by Danish zoologist Johan Christian...
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beater, or improvised tool. Examples of membranophones: Bass drum Bongos Conga Darbuka Djembe Kuzeh Mridangam Octoban Parai Rototom Snare drum Tabla Thavil...
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Donkey Konga (redirect from Donkey Conga)
Donkey Konga is a series of rhythm video games developed by Namco and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. A spin-off of the Donkey Kong series, they...
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