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2012-10-16

The Cuban conga drum has staves like a barrel，suggesting that congas wereonce perhaps made from ___________barrels．

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B．
Here the best choice is the one that is most logical．Congas may lhave been made from recycled，or salvaged(choice B)，barrels．

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