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Texas, USA: Introducing Falun Dafa and Genuine Traditional Chinese Culture at North Texas University's Multicultural Festival (Photo)
(Clearwisdom.net) Fort Worth, an hour's drive to the west of Dallas, is a
large city known as "the origin of West." Today, Fort Worth is not only a place
people visit to experience the culture of the American West, but also a place to
see cultures from different countries. Every year in the first week of March,
North Texas University Medical Center hosts a "Multi-cultural Festival" aiming
at improving understanding and tolerance through cultural exchange. On the evening of March 6, the festival reached the peak with a "Cultural
Talent Show" on its last day. Performers from many countries brought their best
performances to the stage at Everett Hall. The Falun Dafa practitioners of
Dallas brought two programs to the show: a Falun Gong demonstration and Tang
Dynasty Costume Dance. At 7 pm, the talent show started. The second program was the Falun Dafa
demonstration. Over ten Falun Gong practitioners in golden yellow exercise
suites demonstrated five sets of exercises. The movements were neat, smooth and
beautiful. The benevolent voice from Teacher and the music filled every corner
of the hall. The audience was deeply moved by the scene and gave the
practitioners warm applause. The contact person for this activity of the Falun Gong group said the
multicultural festival was a great place to demonstrate Chinese traditional
culture. Cultivation has a long history, and people will always be interested in
it. Several female Falun Dafa practitioners performed a Tang Dynasty Dance in
traditional costumes. The music, entitled, "Walking between the Sky and Earth"
was composed by a Mainland China Dafa practitioner. Both the dance and music
were very appealing and ended with the unfurling of a banner reading, "Falun
Dafa is good". The audience liked it very much. When asked why they chose the Tang Dynasty Dance to demonstrate Chinese
traditional culture, the spokesperson said, "We wish to bring people not only
traditional but also righteous culture. The Tang Dynasty was the peak time of
Chinese culture. The dresses from the Tang dynasty were elegant and precious;
the dances were graceful. Most important, the people of the Tang Dynasty
respected God and cultivated themselves. It was an extraordinarily spiritual
period of Chinese history. This is the true traditional culture of China." Answering requests from the audience, practitioners announced that there
would be a free Falun Gong class at the university library. |