Hamit Ðogaj most known as Đorđe Đogani (Ђорђе Ђогани) is a singer from Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

 of Ashkali

Ashkali

In the Balkans, the Ashkali and Egyptians are Albanian-speaking ethnic minorities of Kosovo and Albania. Observers consider them Albanized Romanies, but they do not self-identify as such...

 ethnicity an albanian

Albanian language

Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...

 speaking minorty in ex-Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

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. Together with his wife Vesna Trivić he forms the folk-pop

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 and dance

Dance music

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...

 duo Đogani.

Biography

Đorđe Ðogani was born in Belgrade

Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

. He grew up in the urban neighborhood of Mirijevo

Mirijevo

Mirijevo is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Zvezdara...

, together with four brothers and four sisters. An active sportsman in his youth, Ðole was member of AK Crvena Zvezda (Red Star Track & Field Club) from 1976 to 1985, even representing SFR Yugoslavia internationally.

Later he changed his name to Đorđe, according to his nickname derived from his surname, "Đole". At the same time, he also changed his last name from Ðogaj to Ðogani.

His three younger brothers also had successful careers in the music business, leading the dance-oriented bands like Funky G

Funky G

Funky G is a popular Serbian dance duo.Members of the duo are Marina and Gagi Đogani . Gagi, who is the leader of the band, is a brother of Đole Đogani who is a leader of yet another famous Serbian dance music group, Đogani...

, B3

B3

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 and Trik FX.

External links

• Djogani.in.rs - official website