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Hari Mata Hari is a popular music band from Bosnia-Herzegovina. Hari Mata Hari is the stage name for the singer Hajrudin "Harija" Varešanović. The group originated from the Sarajevo, the captial of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The group has achieved over 1,000 concerts and 5,000,000 albums sold to date. Their songs are one of the most famous and popular love ballads in the former Yugoslav era. Hari Mata Hari was the official singer of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2006 Eurovision held in Athens, Greece.
The music band, Hari Mata Hari, has constantly changed its group members. Today, the group has Hari Varešanović (vocal), Izudin Izo Kolečić (precussion), Karlo Martinović (solo guitar, background vocal), and Nihad Voloder (bass guitar, background vocal). Most of the songs of Hari Mata Hari are aranged by Hajrudin Varešanović, but the lyrics are written by Fahrudin Pecikoza - also known as Peco.
Hari grew up in the town of Vratnik, an area near the city of Sarajevo. His grandfather was one of the more famous singers of traditional Bosnian Music called Sevdalinke. At the age of six, Hajrudin began to sing and learn to play the guitar. At the local cultural organization, he was asked to sing, then at the age of ten he sang for the group "sastavu" "Omi", and later for the group "Sedam šuma". In Vratink, Hari recorded his first song "Zašto da ne uzmem nju." After finishing electrical school, Varešanović began to study Philosphy and attended classes on natrual politics, but never completed the courses. Music took much of his time, as did his love for photography.