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National Days · World Questions

The seven national days commemorate different kinds of events: the United States, Brazil, Indonesia and India mark the moment of leaving colonial rule or declaring independence; mainland China marks the founding of a state; Taiwan marks an uprising that ended an empire; and Japan's National Foundation Day has no corresponding dated historical event at all, being set on a legendary enthronement.

If you could attend one of the national day celebrations described above in person, which would you pick?

Among the seven national days, one commemorates not a dated historical event but a legendary enthronement. Which country is it?

Is your country's national day the kind you actually get off?

Guess: which country has, besides its independence day, a second national holiday marking the day its **constitution took effect**?

Guess: for which community are the national day and independence day **two different dates**, both days off?

Asked by the 🇨🇳 中文(简体) community

For the 🇮🇳 हिन्दी community

On the national day, does your household put out a flag?

Asked by the 🇮🇩 Bahasa Indonesia community

For the 🇯🇵 日本語 community

Your country's national day feels most like what to you?

Guess: whose national day turns a whole week into a nationwide holiday — with the motorways free of charge?

Guess: which community turns a greased pole into a contest on independence day, climbing it for the prizes hung at the top?

Asked by the 🇮🇩 Bahasa Indonesia community

For the 🇧🇷 Português community

On your national day, do you go and watch the ceremony or parade?

Guess: which community celebrates independence day by climbing greased palm trunks for prizes?