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(6/7/19) Today’s Doodle celebrates the Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Jie, which begins on the fifth day of the fifth month of the traditional lunar calendar. 端午节快乐!

(2/8/16) The celebration of Lunar New Year, known as Tết, often spans several days. Following the new moon, the streets are thick with the crackle of firecrackers and cry of various percussion instruments to chase away nefarious spirits and welcome happiness and opportunity.

(3/21/19) The visual excitement of Holi has become a familiar sight: joyful revellers frolicking in the streets throwing handfuls of colorful powder on one another.

(4/13/17) Celebrated every April 13-15, Songkran is the New Year’s holiday water festival. For visitors to this Southeastern Asian country, it’s an excuse for an epic water battle in the streets of a tropical paradise. For locals, though, the holiday is also a time to do good deeds and spend time with family.

(3/3/17) Girls’ Day, also known as “Hinamatsuri” or “Doll’s Day,” is a day-long festival to wish for the health and wellbeing of young girls.

(9/23/18) Today is the holiday Chuseok, celebrating the fall harvest moon. It’s one of the most important holidays on the calendar, an official day off work for this Asian peninsula nation.

(6/12/14) In 1898, this country, an archipelago of more than 7,000 islands, declared independence from Spain after more than 300 years of colonial rule.

(2/4/19) National Day, also known as Independence Day, is celebrated annually on 4 February to commemorate the country’s political independence from British rule in 1948.

(8/9/19) National Day celebrates this island nation’s declaration of independence in 1965.

(8/31/16) Today is Hari Merdeka (Merdeka Day), when this country celebrates 59 years of independence from British Rule. The tiger, primarily found in the southern and central parts of this country, is their national animal.

(5/29/18) Today’s Doodle celebrates this country’s 11th 11th National Republic Day (Ganatantra Diwas). The holiday commemorates the country becoming a federal democratic republic on May 28, 2008, ending 239 years of monarchy.

(11/9/17) Nearly everyone in this country festoons their home with the blue, red, and white banner in honor of Independence Day, which commemorates this country gaining independence in 1953 after being a French protectorate for nearly a century.

(6/19/17) Today’s Doodle marks the start of Mudik, a yearly homecoming in this country. City folks travel to visit family in rural villages and the cities become ghost towns. In fact, electricity use in Jakarta can decrease by up to 70% during Mudik!

(3/26/18) 47 years ago today, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared long-sought-after independence, marking the birth of this nation.