Story By: Angjela Trajkovska, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Golder’s News And Sport

Video Credit: Golders/@negujmosrbski

This is the moment seven-foot NBA All-Star Nikola Jokic shows off his dance moves while topless at a bizarre ‘turbo-folk’ rave.

Denver Nuggets superstar Jokic, 24, was filmed dancing at the party in the city of Sombor in the district of West Backa in the autonomous province of Vojvodina in northern Serbia as he takes a break from the NBA.

In the video, he can be seen smiling and dancing topless to the ‘turbo-folk’ song ‘Pecat na usnama’ (‘Seal On The Lips’) from the popular Serbian singer Dragana Mirkovic as he grabs a tree.

Pictures Credit: Golders

Turbo-folk is a fusion genre of popular music blending Serbian folk music with other genres such as pop, rock, electronic or even hip-hop. 

The video of Jokic, a centre who played in his first All-Star game last season and was selected to the and All-NBA First Team, has been widely shared on social media receiving over 100,000 views

Netizen ‘__conee__’ commented: “You can’t find this in America.”

While ‘jankovic61’ added: “Excellent preparations for next season.”

And ‘kopriva’ wrote: “He is natural, he doesn’t act like a star, and he is one!”

Jokic, a seven-foot centre, led the Denver Nuggets to the Western Conference semi-finals last year and is due to represent Serbia at the FIBA Basketball World Cup, starting on 31 August.

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