By a Falun Gong practitioner
(Clearwisdom.net) In the middle of October 2003, Falun Gong practitioners
came to the Northern Peruvian cities of Chimbote and Chiclayo to introduce Falun
Gong and raise awareness of the persecution against Falun Gong in China. The visit to Chimbote was well covered by local media. Local newspaper Diario
De Chimbote first interviewed practitioners in the morning, and then two
radio stations (Radio De Programas and Radio RSD) reported practitioners'
exercise demonstration and volunteer teaching at the Downtown Plaza live in the
afternoon. Many people showed great interest in Falun Gong and asked many
questions about how to learn. The visit to Chiclayo was also very successful. We can see people were very
eager to learn the Fa. Right after practitioners set up posters, people swarmed
around us asking for Dafa fliers. In the first two days, five local radio
stations came to the event site to do live broadcasts of our event. Local TV
station TV Panamericana Canal 9 also interviewed us on the first day and
aired it in next days' morning news. Three local newspapers also covered our
event. During these interviews, practitioners not only introduced Falun Gong to
the media, but also talked about the Jiang regime's persecution of Falun Gong.
Because the newspaper published the schedule and location of Falun Gong Free
Classes, many people came to learn in the afternoon of the third day. Though all
the 5 practitioners were teaching, we were still shorthanded. After learning the
five sets of exercises, many people didn't want to leave and wanted to know more
about Falun Gong. Some wanted to take pictures with practitioners as souvenirs;
some joined our next class to go over the exercises again. When we walked on the streets of Chiclayo, people who recognized us often
exclaimed: "Falun Dafa," and some stopped and asked for fliers. Taxi drivers
would honk their horns once and give us the "thumbs-up" sign.
People eager to get Falun Gong information
Teaching Falun Gong in a park
Practitioners in a media interview
Posting date: 12/21/2003
Original article date: 12/21/2003
Category: Falun Dafa Worldwide
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2003/12/19/62856.html