SITE 9. CONGO SQUARE

A semicircle of black men and women in ragged clothes are singing. Four men kneel on the right, playing drums. A man and woman in foreground hold hands, dancing.
Dancing in Congo Square

Listen to Track 9 - Congo Square (above)


Once you have entered Louis Armstrong Park through the gates at St. Peter and Rampart Streets, follow the path to the open plaza paved with bricks arranged in circular patterns. You are now standing in Congo Square.