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the dance that turns strangers into one absurd, sweaty, grinning centipede.
cuban rootsBorn from Afro-Cuban carnival processions through Havana streets.
slave originsDrums and rhythm carried over by enslaved Congolese people.
world recordLargest line topped 119,000 people in Miami, 1988.
three-two beatThat hip-kick on count four is non-negotiable.
desi arnazHe made the conga line a 1930s American craze.