Dances with the congas
5 dances from around the world that are danced to the congas.
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic and 5 moreMerengue
A fast-paced partner dance from the Dominican Republic played with accordion and drums.Folk dance · Couple
🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo and 2 moreSoukous
A fast-paced Congolese dance music style with intricate guitar work and energetic movement.Social dance
🇭🇹 Haiti and 5 moreCompaskonpa dirèk
A Haitian partner dance to a steady, pulsating rhythm created in the 1950s.Social dance · Couple
🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreBoogaloobugalú
A 1960s New York dance style blending Latin rhythms with American soul and jazz.Social dance
🇪🇸 SpainRumba flamenca
A Spanish dance style born from Cuban rhythms and flamenco guitar.Folk dance · Group
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Compas: Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Soukous: BIB39, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rumba flamenca: Secretaría de Cultura de la Ciudad de México, CC BY 2.0, source
- Merengue: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source