By Falun Dafa practitioners in Melbourne

(Clearwisdom.net - May 6, 2003) On April 20-21, 2003, an annual Easter celebration entitled, "Golden Past, Golden Future" was held in Bendigo - a famous Gold Rush city north of Melbourne, Australia. About a hundred different groups and thousands of people participated in the celebrations. Falun Gong practitioners won two awards: "Best Community" and "Best Depiction of the Theme."

"Certificate of " Best Community" Award	"Best Depiction of the Theme" and "Best Community" Awards	Congratulation and Appreciation Letter from the President of Easterfair

Truth Compassion Tolerance Banners of Falun Dafa Practitioners	Large Scale Artwork "Sail"

The history of Bendigo can be traced back to the year of 1851 when the Ballarat Goldfield was discovered. Over a hundred years later, Bendigo has become a prosperous county with a population of over 90 thousand. Chinese people who immigrated there at the time of the Gold Rush have added rich Chinese culture to the county. The Golden Dragon Museum has five famous artworks relating to Chinese dragons, including the longest dragon in the world. Bendigo thereby got its nickname "Dragon City." Easter celebrations attract people from all over Australia every year.

In this year's activity, Falun Gong practitioners won the "Best Community" award at the torch lantern festival on April 20, and "Best Depiction of the Theme" at the parade on April 21. The celebration organizing committee commented that Falun Gong practitioner's Tang Dynasty costumes recreated the golden times of traditional Chinese culture. The large handmade artwork "Sail" that symbolizes sailing into a golden future of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" highlighted practitioners' presentation on the theme of "Golden Future." Therefore, the committee granted "Best Depiction of the Theme" to the practitioners to reward their contribution to the celebration.

Posting date: 5/7/2003
Original article date: 5/6/2003
Category: Falun Dafa Worldwide
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2003/5/6/49727.html

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