(Clearwisdom.net) On Sunday August 3, Falun Gong practitioners from the Boston area participated in the annual "Chinatown Mid-Autumn Celebration" organized by Chinatown Chinese Commerce Association. This is the largest activity in Chinatown. The Mayor of Boston, a Senator's representative, two County Mayors and many Chinese community leaders attended the opening ceremony and gave speeches.
Two traditional dances, the "Fan Dance" and "Flying Colorful
Clouds" were performed onstage by members of Yale University Falun Gong
Club.
The Falun Gong booth was crowded with visitors, as well. More than five
hundred "Falun Dafa is Good" balloons were passed out in less than
half a day. The visitors could see children with colorful balloons almost
everywhere in Chinatown. Artist practitioners painted portraits for visitors
free and wrote people's names for them in traditional Chinese calligraphy. Many
visitors wanted the exercise instruction tapes and Falun Dafa books. We could
feel that the environment has changed. More and more people want to practice
Falun Gong.
In the afternoon, when our performance "Flying Colorful Clouds"
went onstage, it began to rain heavily. The rain did not stop the three
performers. They smiled to the audience. The host was moved and took the lead to
applaud for them and said to the audience, "let's applaud their art and
devoted attitude to the arts." The audience seemed to also forget the rain.
They didn't hide away and applauded warmly. Whether it was a coincidence or not,
when the applause started, the rain suddenly became less. More and more members
of the audience gathered around the stage. When the dance ended, the rain began
to pour heavily.
When people ran to nearby stores for shelter, eight practitioners continued
doing the exercises in the rain. The storm soaked their clothes but they smiled
back at the storm. At this time, the loud and noisy music from the stage
stopped. The exercise music was the only sound people could hear besides the
raindrops. The people looked at the practitioners doing exercises in the rain.
From the faces of the visitors, it seemed some of them were stunned, clearly
admiring the practitioners. In this peaceful way, many local Chinese people came
to experience the beauty and goodness of Falun Gong.
The Falun Gong booth
Painting portraits
Dance "Flying Colorful Clouds" in the rain
"Fan Dance"
Exercise demonstration in the rain
