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." 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.
"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"
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