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Janika Balaž (Јаника Балаж or Janika Balázs) (born December 23, 1925 in Lukino Selo near Zrenjanin, died November 12, 1988 in Novi Sad) was a famous tamburitza musician and band leader from Serbia. He was born 1925 to a Hungarian-speaking Romani family with strong musical tradition. His father's surname was Rác (or Rácz), which was a Hungarian term for Serbs that was considered derogatory, so he took the mother's surname Balázs. He grew up in Bečej, where he started playing violin in a local kaf
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Janika
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Serbia
- Place of birth
- Lukino Selo
- Place of death
- Novi Sad
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Languages spoken
- Serbian
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- Janika Balaž monument Novi Sad.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1925-12-23
- date of death
- 1988-09-10
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