10 June 1949: Bora Dugic born

Borislav Dugic "Bora" was born on 10 June 1949 in Ðurdevo, Serbia, Yugoslavia. Since a young age he played the flute and after high school he became the secretary of the cultural group 'Abraševic'. As he continued to become more popular due to his abilities playing the flute, Bora moved to Serbia's capital Belgrade where he joined the grand Folk Orchestra of RTV Belgrade. In 2004 he celebrated 35 years of artistic work, by a grand solo concert name The Play of Spirit at the Sava Centar in Belgrade.

In 2008 he appeared at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest alongside Jelena Tomaševic. Together they performed 'Oro', a song named after a folk dance. They finished sixth in a field of 25 competitors.

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