Marcus Brigstocke

I think Ross Noble is the only person that I've seen really storm a stand-up slot at a festival, and that was when he led 3,000 people on a conga out of the tent and across the entire site to a vegetarian food truck.

English Comedian

Seth Meyers

I don't get the conga line started. I'm not a great choice if the goal of the evening is just a celebration. But if we're going to talk about what's been going on lately, then I can bring something to the table.

American Comedian

Richie Havens

I started out by myself, but it eventually turned into a trio by the mid-'60s - a conga drum and another guitarist. And that's been mostly what I've worked with most of the time.

American Musician

Jon Batiste

Earliest musical memory is probably being scared stiff with my family's band as a youngster on stage playing the conga drums.

Diane Ackerman

Nature is more like a seesaw than a crystal, a never-ending conga line of bold moves and corrections.

American Poet

The conga dance is a social activity, done at parties or celebrations.

Group Activity

Conga involves holding onto the person in front of you, which requires consent.

Physical Contact

Understanding the dance's Latin American origins can help with cultural appreciation.

Cultural Origin

Congas are often played with other instruments, adding depth to music.

Musical Accompaniment

Playing the conga drum requires specific hand techniques for different sounds.

Hand Technique

Learning to play conga drums can give insight into Afro-Cuban musical traditions.

Cultural Appreciation

 in the animal kingdom. So these guys are hermaphrodites, which means they have both male and female genitalia. And when it's time to mate, up to 20 individuals will all get together in this kind of, like, conga line and they'll all mate together.

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 the sucks teeth disapproval look like it was really getting in the way of me moving about town okay um so what did you do i bought a conga which is a colorful pizza cloth that women traditionally wear

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 In fact, their fossilized conga lines represent some of the first evidence of animal group behaviour. Like modern arthropods, trilobites had compound eyes composed of many tiny lenses.