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Naadam ceremony in Ulaanbaatar. Nadaam is a traditional festival in Mongolia, which is held during the National Holiday from July 11 to 13. *Photo from Wikipedia July 11 is the day Russia’s Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and established the Mongolian People’s Republic. Genghis Khan was able to unite and conquer the Mongols, forging them into a fighting force which went on to create the largest contiguous empire in world history, the Mongol Empire. After the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty in 1368, the Mongols returned to their earlier patterns of internal strife. Buddhism in Mongolia

Banners and flags hanging in Montreal’s Chinatown in celebration for the 100th National Day. *Photo from Wikipedia October 10 is Double Ten Day, The National Day of Taiwan. It celebrates outbreak of the “Wuchang Uprising”（武昌起義）in 1911, which led to the collapse of the Qing Dynasty in China and establishment of the Republic of China (ROC) on January 1, 1912. As a result of the Chinese Civil War, fought between forces loyal to the Kuomintang (KMT)-led government of the Republic of China, and forces loyal to the Communist Party of China (CPC), the government of ROC lost control of mainland China

Solomon Islander boys. Rugby is played in Solomon Islands. *Photo from Wikipedia July 7 is Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Solomon Islands from the United Kingdom in 1978. The islands have been inhabited for thousands of years. In 1568, the Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña was the first European to visit them, naming them the Islas Salomón. Britain defined its area of interest in the Solomon Islands archipelago in June 1893, when Captain Gibson R.N., of HMS Curacoa (corvette of the Royal Navy, United Kingdom’s principal naval warfare force), declared the southern Solomon Islands as a British Protectorate with