{"id":199126,"date":"2026-01-24T13:31:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=199126"},"modified":"2026-01-24T13:31:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:31:55","slug":"serbian-heritage-night-in-washington-they-danced-the-kolo-in-the-heart-of-america-and-then-jokic-stepped-onto-the-floor-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/serbian-heritage-night-in-washington-they-danced-the-kolo-in-the-heart-of-america-and-then-jokic-stepped-onto-the-floor-video\/","title":{"rendered":"SERBIAN HERITAGE NIGHT IN WASHINGTON: They danced the kolo in the heart of America, and then Joki\u0107 stepped onto the floor! (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSerbian Heritage Night\u201d in Washington was a real hit, and the scenes from the Wizards\u2019 court became a sensation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Serbian kolo, as it was presented in America, was at the center of everything just before the Washington\u2013Denver game (97:107).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Serbian heritage dancing before tonight\u2019s Nuggets game in Washington D.C. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OVmyQ24Mnc\">pic.twitter.com\/OVmyQ24Mnc<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Katy Winge (@katywinge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katywinge\/status\/2014483246365475130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Nikola Joki\u0107, the Serbian center, did not play, his origins were not forgotten in the capital of the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Serbian ace has begun light training, which clearly suggests that a return to competitive rhythm could come sooner than initially expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nikola Joki\u0107 getting some pregame work in ahead of Nuggets vs Washington. He\u2019s still out with the knee injury but is moving well here <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CNeL3HbrEz\">pic.twitter.com\/CNeL3HbrEz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Katy Winge (@katywinge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katywinge\/status\/2014470878482845961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Almost a month has passed since the moment Joki\u0107 was injured in the game against Miami. In an awkward situation, Joki\u0107 was accidentally stepped on by teammate Spencer Jones, which led to knee hyperextension and a forced break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before the injury, the Serbian averaged 29.6 points, 12.2 rebounds, and 11 assists per game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/mark-brnovic-buried-in-phoenix-family-and-friends-pay-their-final-respects-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>MARK BRNOVI\u0106 BURIED IN PHOENIX: Family and Friends Pay Their Final Respects! 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(VIDEO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/nova.rs\/sport\/kosarka\/video-opleli-kolo-usred-vasingtona-zbog-jokica-i-ukrali-sou-pre-utakmice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Nova.rs<\/a>; <strong>Foto<\/strong>: Printscreen X<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSerbian Heritage Night\u201d in Washington was a real hit, and the scenes from the Wizards\u2019 court became a sensation. The Serbian kolo, as it was presented in America, was at the center of everything just before the Washington\u2013Denver game (97:107). Serbian heritage dancing before tonight\u2019s Nuggets game in Washington D.C. pic.twitter.com\/OVmyQ24Mnc &mdash; Katy Winge (@katywinge) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2169,"featured_media":199127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[71,2098,250,23,91,113,10902,1153,1787],"class_list":["post-199126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diaspora","tag-amerika","tag-jokic","tag-nikola-jokic","tag-sad","tag-sport","tag-srbija","tag-srpsko-kolo","tag-srpsko-kulturno-naslede","tag-vasington","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Serbiantimes.info EN","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199126"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199171,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199126\/revisions\/199171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}