Odjila
Sign in to saveOdjila (Serbian Cyrillic: Ођила, Serbian Latin: Ođila) is a Serbian and former Yugoslav music band. It was founded in 1983. What they play is generally referred to as Gypsy music, which is the traditional music of the Romani people of Eastern Europe. The word Odjila is a compound of two words in the Romani language: Odji (oђи) meaning "soul" and djila (ђила) meaning "song" The band performs in the Romani language.
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Odjila (Serbian Cyrillic: Ођила, Serbian Latin: Ođila) is a Serbian and former Yugoslav music band. It was founded in 1983. What they play is generally referred to as Gypsy music, which is the traditional music of the Romani people of Eastern Europe. The word Odjila is a compound of two words in the Romani language: Odji (oђи) meaning "soul" and djila (ђила) meaning "song" The band performs in the Romani language.
==History== Odjila was founded in October 1983 by Igor Dunjić-Zveržhanovski and Slobodan Simonović, who first performed as a duet. They were almost immediately joined by Davorka Bosnić and Sanja Uzelac, and subsequently by Boris Nikolić in 1986, Andrej Stefanović in 1988 and Nikola Diklić in 1989.
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