Zorbas

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For other uses, see Zorba.

Zorbas ("Zorba's dance") is a song by Mikis Theodorakis, the leading Greek composer. This song is originally known as "Armenohorianos Syrtos" by Giorgis Koutsourelis [1]. The song appeared in the film Zorba the Greek, for which Theodorakis wrote the soundtrack, and became internationally famous and popular. It is now commonly played and danced to in Greek tavernas in Greece and worldwide and exists as a kind of music trademark of Greece. It is also known as "Syrtaki" which is an edited old traditional Cretan dance.

The song was also featured in the film Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

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