| Đogani | |
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| Origin | Serbia (FR Yugoslavia at time of formation) |
| Genres | Pop/Folk, Dance |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Website | Official website |
| Members | |
| Đole Vesna |
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| Past members | |
| Gagi Djogani Slađana "Slađa" Delibašić Beta Djogani Baki B3 Sani Dača Duck |
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Đogani (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђогани; formerly known as Đogani Fantastiko and Giogani Fantastico) is a Serbian pop-folk and dance duo popular in ex-Yugoslavia. The duo consists of Đorđe "Đole" Đogani (Ђорђе „Ђоле“ Ђогани), and his wife, Vesna Trivić - Đogani (Весна Тривић - Ђогани).
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Đorđe Ðogani was born as Hamit Ðogaj (Хамит Ђогај, Albanian: Hamit Gjogaj) on 1 July 1960 in Belgrade, Serbia, then Yugoslavia. He was raised in Mirijevo (a neighbourhood of Belgrade) 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.
He is an ethnic Ashkali[a] and has problems speaking standard Serbian correctly, as opposed to his younger brothers and sisters. His misuse of noun cases mixed with Belgrade slang became somewhat of his trademark. His younger brother Gagi and nephew Baki also had successful careers in dance music, leading the dance-oriented bands, like Funky G and B3
Vesna Trivić - Đogani was born in Voždovac, Belgrade, Serbia, then Yugoslavia. Ðole and Vesna have a son, Adriano, born 2 July 2006.
The original female of the duo was Slađana "Slađa" Delibašić, who had previously been married to Miroslav Agarski.
| a. | ^ The Ashkali are a population indigenous to the disputed region of Kosovo. Related to the Roma people, the remaining Ashkali are all native speakers of Albanian. |