La congaNgubani na ongayivanga loo nto? Imalunga ne- sisxhobo somculo yemvelaphi yaseCuba evela kumagubu kwaye ekuhambeni kwexesha iguqukile kuyilo lwayo kunye nendlela edlalwa ngayo. Ukongeza, kuye kwaphumela ekubeni ritmo, Esinye seziqithi zeCaribbean kunye neCuba ngokugqwesa, kwaye kwangoko kubangela ukuhamba kwamathambo.
Ngaphandle kokuba sisixhobo, inyani kukuba i-conga kuyadaniswa kwaye kuyaculwa kwaye imbali yayo isusela kwiminyhadala eyayiququzelelwa ngamakhoboka amnyama ngexesha lobukoloniyali, ikakhulu kumnyhadala weCorpus Christi ngexesha le-Epiphany yooKumkani. UConga kuthiwa uyadanisa kwaye nakumaqela omculo atolika umculo wawo kwaye ngalinye linempawu ezithile ezichazayo.
Ngokomgaqo, zeziphi izixhobo iqela le-conga ekufuneka linazo? Kuya kufuneka ubene intsimbi, un igubu, ibellbell, amawele aliqela, isihlanu, igubu, iipani, i-grate, ixilongo, i-tumbadora kwaye ekugqibeleni i itrombone. Ukusuka kwezi zixhobo kuza amanqaku e-conga, nangona ingingqi nganye yaseCuba inika eyayo into yokubamba (umzekelo, eSantiago de Cuba ixilongo laseTshayina kunye negubu elibizwa ngokuba yi-bocú ziyasetyenziswa).
Sihlala sibona abantu abadanisa i-conga kwiqela le-carnival, beva ukuba esi siqhelo sihambisa njani ukudada kwi-choreographies ezithile okanye simamele kwidisco ngevolumu epheleleyo. I-conga ikhona kuyo yonke imithendeleko ethandwayo kwaye ukuvela kwayo kwakukukhulu kangangokuba ukusukela kwiminyaka ye-30 yenkulungwane yama-XNUMX sele ithathwa njenge ukudanisa ibhola. Ngubani ongayikhumbuliyo ingoma kaGloria Stefan eyayisoloko isithi conga? Kwaye ngubani ongabuyanga eCuba ehlekisa omnye?
