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When Arnold Schwarzenegger danced the tsamiko…

Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger had come to Greece in 1991 as honorary chairman of the Special Olympics Committee

Newsroom November 7 10:58

An old photograph has resurfaced and is doing the internet rounds showing Arnold Schwarzenegger dancing tsamiko, a popular folk dance, with evzones of the national guard and former prime minister George Papandreou. The photo was snapped on May 14, 1991, at Pnyx when the famous actor had come to Greece for the torch-lighting ceremony for the Special Olympics. Mr. Schwarzenegger was the honorary chairman of the Special Olympics.

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The photo from old newspaper archives went viral with many suggesting that it may have been photoshopped.

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