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conga
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conga
1. a Latin American dance of three steps and a kick to each bar, usually performed by a number of people in single file
2. a large tubular bass drum, used chiefly in Latin American and funk music and played with the hands


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For Gold, being able to play his beloved congas -- something he did more before the law and the bench filled his days -- is prize enough.
Instruction will be given on the following instruments: piano, bass, trumpet, trombone, saxophone, flute, timbals, congas, bongos, guitar, tres y cuatro (a stringed guitar-like instrument) and voice.
But a couple of months ago, in a Times Square studio, congas were pounding out Afro-Cuban rhythms, dancers in high heels were twirling to fast-paced mambos, and just about everyone in sight was a shade of brown.
 
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