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Featured Article: Drama
The term drama comes from a Greek word meaning "action." The enactment of drama in theater, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, is a widely used art form that is found in virtually all cultures. The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. They are symbols of the ancient Greek Muses, Thalia and Melpomene. Thalia was the Muse of comedy (the laughing face), while Melpomene was the Muse of tragedy (the weeping face).
Popular Article: Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska), is a strategically important country at the crossroads of the Mediterranean and Central Europe. It controls most land routes from Western Europe to the Aegean Sea, and the Turkish Straits. Croatia shares land borders with Slovenia and Hungary on the north, Serbia on the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina on the south and east, and Montenegro on the south. It borders the Adriatic Sea to the west. Its mainland territory is split in two non-contiguous parts by the short coastline of Bosnia and Herzegovina around Neum.
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English language operettas by Gilbert and Sullivan were originally known as "comic operas" to distinguish them from French and German operettas (source: Operetta)
