Editing Conga line (section)

{{Short description|Internationally popular novelty line dance of Cuban origin.}}
{{About-distinguish|the international novelty dance|Conga (music)}}{{More references|date=December 2022}}{{Other uses|Conga (disambiguation)}}
[[File:US Navy 081203-N-7446H-004 Sailors from various Yokosuka commands form a conga line with students and members of the Yokosuka Social Welfare Center.jpg|thumb|280px|A conga line formed during a Christmas [[disco]] party.]]
The '''conga line''' is a [[Novelty and fad dances|novelty]] [[line dance]] that was derived from the [[Cuba]]n carnival [[Conga (music)|dance of the same name]] and became popular in the US in the 1930s and 1950s. In order to perform the dance, dancers form a long, processing line, which would usually turn into a [[circle dance|circle]]. It has three [[shuffle step]]s on the beat, followed by a kick that is slightly ahead of the fourth beat. The conga, a term sometimes mistakenly believed to be derived from the African [[Kingdom of Kongo|region of Congo]], is both a lyrical and danceable genre, rooted in the music of carnival troupes or [[comparsa]]s.<ref name="davis">Davis, Pablo Julian. "Conga", ''People, History, Culture of Cuba''. Luis Martinel-Fernandez, D.H. Figneredo, Louis A. Perez, Jr. and Luis Gonzales. London, Westpoint Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2003. 396-397.</ref>