GET INTO CONGO I am going to draw personal conclusions that might not be the right ones. Starting with CONGO and variants of this term, which correspond to the Bantu language spoken in Cuba and the Caribbean, a mixed language between Kikongo, muzzle Spanish and Caribbean Spanish). Palo, palería, congo, palo monte, palo mayombe or regla conga is an African-American, polytheistic, syncretic and animistic religion derived from the Kongo religion, from spiritualism that developed in Cuba and still has many followers. In this sense I would understand "putting in Congo" doing Congo rituals so that the spirits protect (or harm) a person. A second possibility, more likely, is that it refers to the Congo, folk dance in Colombia and Cuba, in which entire families participate. In this case to "get into Congo" would be to involve someone in a big problem, jio or complicated or unwanted issue where there are several involved.