Melbourne: Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in Local Chinese New Year Celebration (Photos)
(Clearwisdom.net) On January 24 and 25, 2004, Falun Gong practitioners
participated in the annual celebration of the Chinese New Year in downtown
Melbourne. It was the first time that the Falun Dafa Association was given a
booth after the settlement with the Federation of Chinese Associations in favor
of Falun Gong, following an exclusion of the Falun Dafa Association from the New
Year Celebration in 2002. Falun Gong practitioners were wearing their holiday best plus silk ribbons
saying "Falun Dafa Is Great" and "Happy New Year". They demonstrated the five
sets of exercises and distributed Falun Dafa materials. Yellow balloons saying
"Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance" in both Chinese and English were
people's favorite. The floating balloons appeared in every corner of the site
and became bright spots of the celebration. The person in charge of the Federation of Chinese Associations paid a special
visit to the Falun Gong booth, shook hands with Falun Gong practitioners,
including those he met in the courtroom, and wished a Happy New Year to
everyone. Falun Gong practitioners wished him a successful celebration of
Chinese New Year. Many more people received Dafa materials in the two-day celebration this year
than in the past. Many of them used to believe the propaganda of Jiang's regime,
but finally learned the truth about Falun Gong after listening to Falun Gong
practitioners' explanations.
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2004/1/28/66001.html
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