Congo

Photo from:
http://www.mrmyers.org/Time_Zones/Africa/GIFs/congo.africa.gif

Congo is an upbeat dance that has drummers, singers, and dancers. An elder woman leads the singing, and it is call and response type songs. Then the drums come in. They're bongo drums. Only men can drum. We all gather in a circle and the song leader will begin singing. Everyone else will join in. There are usually men already in the circle, called "Pajaritos" or little birds. They whistled or give a signal if the master is coming since dancing is forbidden. Then a woman would enter the circle and dance, taking small steps like shuffle, move her hips, and she would move around the circle. The key is to move just the hips and feet to keep the rest of the body pretty still. Also, her hands and arms are usually up to guard her face. Sometimes the women balance a plate on their head while dancing, just to show how skilled they are. A man would enter and he usually had his arms spread eagle, and he makes big movements around the circle and does small kicks and bows toward the woman. Now, the whole point is for the man to try to get close to the woman and kiss her. So the woman can let him get close, but not too close, hence her hands are up near her face. So the men would bow or dip towards you, and you can spin around and dodge them
Also, if an elder woman comes in the circle, everyone clears out and lets her dance. Then a man or two comes in and tries to dance with her. Its like a respect thing.
The pajaritos will blow their whistle if its time for you to get out of the circle or if you get kissed and “lose.”

People of Congo don't eat much meat since it is to exspensive to hunt or have imported. So they eat mostly bananas, pineapples, taro (a stem less plant), peanuts, manioc (a shrubby tropical plant), cassava (tropical plant), rice, and bread.

Info from:
http://www.everyculture.com/Bo-Co/Republic-of-Congo.html
http://www.angelfire.com/amiga2/bgeezy/interesting/Congo_Dancing.htm