(Clearwisdom,net- May 5, 2003) The 20th Annual Newfoundland Province Mind, Body, Spirit Festival was held in Sydney's Darling Port Convention Center from May 1st to May 4th. It was the eighth time in five years that Falun Dafa practitioners participated in this type of activity, including the All Australia's Mind, Body and Festival. As a specially invited organization, we were provided, by the organizer of the Festival, free space close to the ticket booth and entrance, for practitioners to put up an information table and demonstrate Dafa exercises.
During the festival, festival-goers and merchants alike expressed great interest in Falun Gong. People came to acquire information and get information about the practice sites. Some wanted Dafa music and practice tapes. Some merchants stopped by the Dafa booth whenever possible, to learn the exercises.
On the first day of the festival a lady from Russia inquired about the practice site information. On Saturday she came to the local practice site and learned the exercises. After the practice, she came to our Dafa booth again and told practitioners that she felt very comfortable after the exercises. A practitioner gave her Zhuan Falun in Russian and an exercise teaching videotape. She said she would read the book carefully.
An Israeli visiting Australia also visited the booth. He had practiced Taiji for 20 years and has been teaching Taiji for ten years. He said he could feel a very strong energy field. He said that when he went back he would contact the local practice site and practice Falun Gong.
